by Kelly Bean, Executive Director | Feb 27, 2019 | People
Philbert Kalisa was born in a refugee camp in Burundi. His incredible story took him from that camp to seminary in London, to ordination as an Anglican priest and then to post-genocide Rwanda in 1996. There he found his heart moved to do work that others turned their...
by Guest Author | Dec 28, 2018 | News and Updates, People
Joni Powers is pictured here with David Clemy, Ugandan Changemaker and Founder of Vicoba Plus, and Sean Callaghan, African Road Founding Board Member. I joined the board in 2017 after many years of following the work of African Road. Executive Director, Kelly Bean and...
by Jennifer Hatton | May 14, 2018 | African Road projects, Events, People
Evariste Ndikumana is a leader of the Batwa indigenous people. The Batwa are a traditional hunter-gatherer group indigenous to central Africa; today, they are the most marginalized ethnic group in Burundi. Evariste was the second Twa person in his country to complete...
by Guest Author | Apr 3, 2018 | African Road projects, People
Changemaker David Clemy has been partnering with African Road since 2014 to bring VICOBA to six communities across East Africa, generating over $10,000 in savings, launching over 90 new businesses, and impacting over 1300 lives. In 2010, I started a great conversation...
by Jennifer Hatton | Feb 6, 2018 | Learning Trips, People
Carol is a very special member of the African Road community. Her accomplished background in the Oregon nonprofit community has made her an incredible asset to African Road as Board Treasurer. Her professional background includes 35 years as CFO, CEO and COO of...
by Jennifer Hatton | Dec 5, 2017 | People
It’s hard to think of a more faithful and generous couple than Dennis and Janie Henderson. Since their marriage in 2015 — with Dennis’s longstanding friendship going back even further — Dennis and Janie have been at the core of the African Road community...
