Network for Africa

Overcoming trauma, rebuilding communities

  • About
    • Network for Africa UK
    • Network for Africa USA
    • Past Achievements
    • History
    • Annual Reports and Audited Accounts
    • Strategic Plan
    • Safeguarding and Associated Policies
  • Mental Health
    • Our Approach
    • Mission + Vision
    • Progress So Far
    • World Mental Health Day
  • Projects
    • Rwanda
    • Sierra Leone
    • Uganda
    • Project Evaluations
    • Testimonies
  • News
  • Contact
    • Newsletter Sign-Up
  • Support Our Work
    • Our Partners
    • London Marathon
    • Give As You Live
    • Big Give Match-Funding Campaign
    • Fundraising Ideas
    • Remember Network For Africa In Your Will
  • Donate
Home » News » Page 11

03-Mar-2016

It’s A Guy Thing

How working with men empowers women in Rwanda

Filed Under: News / Aspire, empowerment, international women's day, men for women, positive masculinity, Rwanda, women's empowerment

29-Jan-2016

Arriving In The Land Of A Thousand Hills

Di McCann, mother of N4A Executive Director Sophie McCann, visited our projects in 2015.

Filed Under: News / 1994 genocide, agriculture, Aspire, child-headed households, Rwanda, Rwandan genocide, women in development, women's empowerment

29-Jan-2016

‘Mama Sophia’ In Uganda

Di McCann, mother of N4A Executive Director Sophie McCann, visited our projects in 2015.

Filed Under: News / Acholi, bees, civil war, honey, LRA, Patongo, PCCO, peanuts, pigs, trauma, Uganda

19-Jan-2016

Travels In Masai Mara

Di McCann, mother of N4A Executive Director Sophie McCann, reflects on her life-changing trip to east Africa.

Filed Under: News / 1994, genocide, Kenya, kigali, Liberty Wines, Masai Mara, Rwanda, Rwandan genocide, safari

14-Dec-2015

Celebrating Our Achievements In 2015

Here’s what we achieved in 2015…   In Rwanda: ·Women learned new vocational skills that helped them earn an income: In our urban project, women learned hairdressing and cookery and 98% said their income had increased since they joined Aspire; on average, the women were earning about £24/$34 per month by the end of 2015.  […]

Filed Under: News / Africa, agriculture, Aspire, child soldier, child soldiers, Counselling, empowerment, genocide, HIV, income generation, Joseph Kony, LRA, northern Uganda, PTSD, Rwanda, Uganda, women, women's empowerment, women's rights

10-Dec-2015

A Time To Heal?

9 December marked the first International Commemoration of Victims of Genocide.

Filed Under: News / 1994, civil war, genocide, healing, Holocaust, PTSD, Rwanda, Rwandan genocide, UN

24-Nov-2015

A Cycle Of Hope

Aspire helps women break out of poverty

Filed Under: News / adult education, Aspire, cycle of poverty, education, hairdressing, poverty, Rwanda, saving money, women

04-Nov-2015

The Triumph Of Reaching The Bottom Rung Of The Ladder

Making learning relevant to women’s everyday lives

Filed Under: News / adult learning, adult literacy, Aspire, Dr Katy Newell-Jones, embedding literacy, kigali, learning, literacy, numeracy, Rwanda

22-Oct-2015

A Corner of Rwanda Will Be Forever Stuart

Honouring a long-time friend of Network for Africa

Filed Under: News / agriculture, farming, Rupert Brooke, rural development, Rwanda, Stuart Hemington, supporter, World War I

24-Sep-2015

The Long And Destructive Hangover Of War

Alcoholism is a legacy of the 22 year civil war in northern Uganda

Filed Under: News / alcoholism, child soldier, child soldiers, Counselling, domestic violence, Joseph Kony, Lord's Resistance Army, LRA, northern Uganda, PCCO, SGBV

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • …
  • 17
  • Next Page »

Make a Donation

With your financial support Network for Africa can give the counselling training needed to help resourceful and resilient community members leave the harmful legacy of conflict behind.

Donate from the UK Donate from the US

Recent News

  • If You’re Going Through Hell, Keep Going 07-Apr-2025
  • We Are Glad You Are Unusual 14-Mar-2025
  • The Wisdom of Alice Cooper 07-Mar-2025
  • The Human Race 05-Feb-2025
  • The Bard Nails It 16-Jan-2025

Network for Africa UK

14 Saint Marys Street, Stamford
Lincolnshire PE9 2DF

Phone: 0203 951 0863
Email: information@network4africa.org

Network for Africa US

PO Box 6609
Charlottesville VA 22906

Email: information@network4africa.org

Registered Charity

Network for Africa is a charity registered in the UK - 1120932.

Network for Africa is a 501(c)(3) and our tax ID is 26-1502938.

Network for Africa is a charity registered in both the USA and the UK, but we use the spelling most commonly used in Africa on this website.

Connect With Us

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Home
  • About
  • Mental Health
  • Projects
  • News
  • Support Our Work
  • Donate
  • Contact
  • Sitemap
  • Cookie Policy
  • Privacy Policy

© Copyright 2012 - 2025 Network for Africa, all rights reserved. A web creation by LBDesign.