Innovation MeetingsAfrica Rising partners will gather for Innovation Meetings to share challenges,
program innovations, and discuss the future of each organization’s work. Read More...
Kwani Trust has published a collection of words and images from over 50 writers, photographers, and cartoonists offering a groundbreaking exploration and collective narrative on Kenya's Post-Election Violence. Learn More...
Two years after Kenya's post election violence, thousands of people are still living in tented camps after fleeing their homes to escape violence. On 16th September 2009, Kenya’s President gave a directive to close all Internally Displaced People (IDP) camps. Africa Rising is partnering with Shalom City, a cooperative society of formerly displace persons. Learn More...
March brings heavy rains in Tanzania. Many families rely on these rains for their livelihood. Without them, crops wouldn’t grow and animals and people would go thirsty. But the rains also present a significant challenge for many families. Read More...
The latest news about the conflict around Northern Uganda indicates that the Lord’s Resistance Army continues to attack, kill and abduct many in DRC Congo and Sudan villages. In November 2008, LRA leader Joseph Kony failed to show up for the final peace deal signing after two years of peace negotiations between the LRA and the Ugandan Government. Read More...
The Kenyan post-electoral violence in 2008 left many families homeless and condemned to a sudden state of poverty. As an initial step in assisting the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), the Kenyan government gave each family Ksh. 10,000 ($133) to help them re-settle. This was hardly enough to purchase farming land or to put up a house for those who could no longer go back to their original homes. Read More...
From late October to early November, 18 staff and volunteers with the IDP program journeyed back to the Rift Valley Province on a trip they named Msafara II. They brought with them over 12 staggering truckloads of food, fertilizer and seed. Read More...
Television debutAfrica Rising was featured in a North Carolina public television series on social entrepreneurialism. You can view a six
minute clip on Africa Rising at the UNC TV website. Read More...
Amani: Making Movies to Raise AwarenessAmani Children’s Home has addressed the challenge of raising awareness by creating a video about its work with Tanzanian children. Created by British filmmakers, Blain Fairman and Stephen Mowatt, the 5 minute video tells the inspiring story of Amani and the love and care it provides for homeless and orphaned children in Tanzania. Read More...
Africa Rising comedy improvRising to the challenges of improvisational comedy, Jim Thomas, the President of Africa Rising, appeared at DSI Comedy in Carrboro, NC for an Africa Rising fundraiser. Read More...
Celebration of Africa RisingAfrica Rising hosted a celebration of its work on June 19 at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens on the Duke University Campus in Durham, NC. Read More...
TULIP ministry has been helping the residents of Korogocho slum in Nairobi to deal with the effects of the post election violence. They held a group counseling session for the girls and staff at the TULIP center. Read More...
