“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” Victor Hugo. In recent times Sierra Leone has suffered a triple whammy of challenges: eleven years of civil war, Ebola and then Covid. On top of this, the west African nation regularly features on the list of the ten poorest countries in the world. […]

A few years ago, we met a man who made a fortune in the financial markets and set up his own foundation “to save the world.” We were hoping he might wish to achieve at least part of this worthy goal by partnering with Network for Africa. We described our cautious approach, finding reliable local […]

Ask anyone who has lost someone they cherished: time does not necessarily heal. It might be more realistic to say that over the years, we are fortunate if we learn how to manage the pain of bereavement. But when people witness a violent death, no one should expect deep psychological wounds to vanish. Survivors of the Holocaust may […]