We start out at dark, and first light becomes a crimson streak across the sky. The sound of our van lurching along the rocky terrain is mingled with cowbells and braying goats. We are in Engikaret, the “place of thorns,” in a Maasai region outside of Arusha, Tanzania. We are here to experience what it…
Here Your feet walk. As the sun rises, your toes feel the red dirt still cold with early dew As your mother watches your silhouette shimmer and glimmer and disappear. Girls like you who’ve had to stay home, Girls like you who’ve dared to believe, Know it’s your place to weave the future. …
As Loom looks forward to the new decade ahead, we’ve gathered online with social innovators across Africa to discuss their vision for their communities. While we discussed the immense challenges they face in areas of education, job creation and healthcare, one theme that kept emerging was that of generations. “This is about the youth, the…
