This may be familiar to a few people reading this newsletter: you had a relative who returned from military service. They never wanted to talk about what they saw when they were at war. When others reminisced, they sat in silence, nursing a glass of whisky. Perhaps they were interned in a prisoner of war camp. Thirty years […]

Karl Marx would not approve of what we are doing. But Carl Jung would. Network for Africa and its local partners support survivors of conflict as they chart a path out of trauma and back to living a fulfilling life. Counselling is a vital part of the process. But without a way to make money, it […]

The theme for this year’s international women’s day is “inspire inclusion.” This seems like common sense when translated into plain English. Yet, in much of the world it is unthinkable that women are included in decision-making. In her book about the ways women are caught up in conflict*, Christina Lamb points out that the places […]