by Guest Author | Aug 11, 2017 | African Road Projects, Learning Trips, News and Updates, People
Guest post by Glenda Montgomery, 2017 Learning Trip participant The mandatory “feet on the carpet photo” at PDX marks my return to Portland from an extraordinary adventure with African Road this summer. During two weeks in July, a small group of us from the States was...
by Guest Author | Aug 10, 2017 | Learning Trips, People
Guest post by Rikki Baltes, 2017 Learning Trip Participant The learning trip changed my life drastically. I ended the trip with so much love and hope in my heart. The learning trip has given me the opportunity to meet some of the strongest people I have ever met....
by Guest Author | May 8, 2017 | African Road Projects, People
Last week, I had the chance to sit down with David Clemy, the brilliant founder of VICOBA business and savings training and our guest speaker at this year’s Gala. David shared the inspiration behind VICOBA training, his impressions of the US, and his favorite food –...
by Communications | May 8, 2017 | Learning Trips, People
I’m Katie, you may notice from my accent that I’m not from round here. I live in London, England and as Kelly’s already mentioned I work as a photographer and in communications. Over the last 4 years I have had the privilege of working with African Road, I was a...
by Craig Spinks | Apr 5, 2017 | Learning Trips, People
This post was adapted from a talk Craig Spinks gave at the African Road Gala in 2016. I want to tell you the story of how I fell in love with African Road. But it’ll help if you first hear a bit of my backstory. I’m a videographer. I started making videos at around...
by Kelly Bean, Executive Director | Mar 24, 2017 | African Road Projects, News and Updates, People
I met Loveness, a member of New Hope for Girls Organization, in July 2016. Consoler — NHGO’s founder and mom to 32 rescued girls — asked me how old I thought Loveness was. I looked at her small frame and guessed 6 or 7 years old. In fact, Loveness...