by Kelli Donley | Jul 30, 2017 | Africa, Arizona
This weekend, we hosted a handful of women from Africa for dinner. They are here studying with the Nelson Mandela fellowship at ASU for the summer. Hawanatu is a doctor from Sierra Leone. Sia is an accountant, also from Sierra Leone. Theresa works in human rights in...
by Kelli Donley | Jan 14, 2014 | Africa, Faith
Africa is hurting. The people of Central African Republic are under siege. The folks of South Sudan are involved in a brutal, new civil war. For Zimbabwe, falling again into man-made, infuriating famine. The Second Congo war rages on, killing more people than...
by Kelli Donley | Sep 20, 2013 | Africa, Arizona, Community, Domestic Art
My friend Duda had a birthday this month. To celebrate, I sewed her a gardening apron. Among other gardening projects, she is leading group of high school students. Together they are transforming a bramble of forgotten earth into its former glory. You can follow her...
by Kelli Donley | Aug 17, 2011 | Africa, Community, Faith
When I moved to Denver, I started fresh with charities and organizations I wanted to support. Africa, children, and hunger are my passions. Give me a chance to volunteer, donate money or raise supplies for causes that provide smart, effective solutions to on-going...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 28, 2011 | Africa, Journal, Politico
Do you have Netflix streaming? If so, can I bother you to watch this movie soon? I watched it this weekend after Matt hassled me for weeks. It is heartbreaking. For a thousand reasons, it makes me so very angry and disgusted with world politics, racism, power and the...
by Kelli Donley | Feb 23, 2011 | Africa, Arizona, Good to Great, Journal
“Hey! Maybe you’ll wake up with a bit of bravery tucked in your pocket tomorrow.” I spoke those words this week. Bravery doesn’t come easily. I recently failed at being courageous when I woke up in the middle of the night in Malawi to an animal...
