This fragment of wisdom comes from Helen Keller, who had her share of challenges. Born in 1880 in Alabama, she was blind and deaf. Yet, she went to Harvard (in itself, an achievement for a woman at that time) and became a tireless campaigner for disability rights. Keller’s words describe the vision guiding our long-time Rwandan partner […]

The only normal people are the ones you don’t know very well. An Austrian psychologist called Dr Alfred Adler made that observation in the early 20th century. It deserves a wider audience because so many unhappy people would benefit from knowing they are not unique or alone in their unhappiness. World Mental Health Day October […]

The International Day of Peace is a good moment to consider the words of the French philosopher Blaise Pascal. Four hundred years ago, he wrote: All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone. Every day at Network for Africa, we confront the consequences of peoples’ inability to refrain […]