Shortly after the devastating civil war in Liberia, I accompanied the inexhaustible President and Mrs Carter (then in their 80s) on an election monitoring mission. I was dispatched to Lower Bong County with a local driver called David. On the way out of bustling Monrovia, we passed hundreds of buildings, schools, homes and offices that […]

My first encounter with Rwanda, back in 2004, would change my life, and it was thanks to the Survivors Fund, known as SURF. When I met the founder, Mary Kayitesi Blewitt, I knew I had found a charity with a clear-sighted, no-frills vision: helping the survivors of the 1994 Rwanda genocide rebuild their lives. There […]

Today, on International Women’s Day, we salute African women who have overcome the challenges they faced growing up, and continue to face. Despite this, or maybe because of it, they play a crucial role in lending a helping hand to people in need. Some of those inspiring women work at Network for Africa’s projects. Florence, Counsellor, Port […]