“Just make sure you remember the peanut butter and the tea bags,” said Dr. Barbara Bauer as we discussed preparations for our next trip to Africa. Otherwise, the psychotherapist, who lives in Missouri, is prepared for anything that Africa might throw at her. Training Community Leaders in Post-Conflict Communities Over the years of volunteering with […]

Network for Africa’s psychotherapist duo, Dr Barbara Bauer and Shelly Evans, have been working with front-line staff in South Sudan, one of the world’s most challenging places. Barbara and Shelly, who give their time to Network for Africa on a pro bono basis, spent 10 days in Juba, the capital, giving trauma counselling training to […]

It’s hard to believe, but the rate of HIV infection in Europe and North America is rising once more. Apparently, some people think having HIV is like treating cholesterol – it’s not a big deal, you just pop a pill each day, and carry on as before. This magical thinking ignores the toll the infection […]

Joanna was only 10 years old when soldiers from the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) stormed through her village in northern Uganda. She was one of several children abducted from her primary school that day. Once she was out in the bush with the militia, she was forced to carry heavy loads for the soldiers, to […]

Network for Africa’s Founder and Trustee, Rebecca Tinsley reflects on the work carried out by N4A and our partners in Rwanda: Imagine not knowing your own name because you were so young when your parents were killed, you have no idea what they called you. Or what they looked like, or where you lived. Imagine […]