I am really looking forward to the ‘Women Raising Millions Training Program’ that I am attending next week in San Francisco, an interactive program designed to propel fundraisers to the next meeting. The trainers have generously agreed that I can update this blog (with the proper references of course) with some of the tips, techniques […]

J'adore danser la salsa et dimanche dernier, je suis allé dans mon joint de salsa local accompagné de mes amis Kamau et Francis. Au cours de la semaine, nous nous sommes retrouvés à notre bar local Zars Zars, and somehow the conversation turned to salsa which gave me the opportunity to propound one of my strange theories on how salsa […]

Hier, Plusieurs de mes collègues et moi avons assisté à la cérémonie d'ouverture de l'Institut régional africain des femmes d'Amwa (AWLI) tenu au Ghana. Le thème de cet AWLI était «les stratégies de réduction de la pauvreté sensibles aux femmes africaines» et le conférencier principal était l'honorable Hajia Alima Mahama. Now those of you who read my blogs […]

L'une des sessions les plus populaires de la Conférence internationale sur le sida était probablement la session sur la circoncision masculine (MC). La salle de session était si pleine que beaucoup d'entre nous ont dû aller dans la salle supplémentaire et regarder la table ronde sur de grands écrans de télévision.. J'ai été très surpris sur plusieurs comptes. Pour un, male […]

I had dreams of blogging every day from Mexico with updates of the latest news from the International Aids Conference. I was going to be the Carrie Bradshaw of the development world and at the end of the night sit on my bed and blog away on my laptop. Bien, those dreams have been thwarted! […]

I attended a workshop two days ago which was organised to disseminate details on a study of Trokosi practice in Ghana conducted by researchers from the University of Legon, Ghana. Tro means deity and kosi means slave or wife so Trokosi translates as slave or wife of the deity. The practice of Trokosi involves holding […]

Until recently I thought “wife beating” occurred mainly in rural communities amongst illiterate folks and not in urban areas like Accra. The whole neighbourhood of Nyaniba Estate was deprived of their sleep last night when a scream of a little girl woke us all up, ‘daddy stop, daddy stop!!!!’ was all we kept hearing. Comme […]

On the 18th of June, AWDF held its very first book club meeting for staff. This was an informal gathering of staff whom convened to discuss the topic of women global leaders. Each woman shared their stories from books they individually read which related to the topic of global female leaders. I enjoyed listening to […]

J'ai récemment lu l'autobiographie de Wangari Maathai Unbowed en préparation de la première réunion du club de lecture d'AWDF qui se tiendra ce vendredi et ma réaction immédiate est Wow! L'histoire de Wangari est vraiment inspirante. Wangari me donne envie de sortir, challenge the politicians about corruption and get thrown in jail for my […]

I had settled in to the flight from Entebbe to Nairobi on Monday June 30th , feeling a bit sorry for myself. I had to catch the 5am flight out of Entebbe, which meant leaving Kampala for Entebbe at 3am which in turn meant I got no sleep. The flight attendant offered us some local […]