A simple idea we began in our Uganda projects has been so successful that we are now hoping to replicate it in Sierra Leone. What Is The Problem We Are Trying To Fix? Even before the Ukraine war pushed up grain prices, 26% of children in Sierra Leone had high levels of stunted growth because of malnutrition. Since Russia […]

When Network for Africa set out to provide mental health support in northern Uganda, we had a specific goal: we wanted to train local people to give trauma counselling to survivors of the devastating civil war. It quickly became clear that no matter how successful we were in helping people to manage their trauma, we also needed to reach […]

Trying to quantify emotions can be a tricky business, like nailing an omelette to a wall. How do you measure happiness or gloom? Doctors ask us to choose a number between one and ten to express our physical pain. But how do you calculate fear or anxiety? For this reason, Network for Africa is always […]