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Welcome Jennifer


The Africa Global village project would like to welcome Jennifer Fierberg as their media advisor as well as Senior Funding executive for our project. Jennifer is a social worker in the US working on peace and justice issues in Africa through journalism.

Her literary focus has been concentrated on the ongoing humanitarian crisis occurring specific to Rwanda and throughout Africa. Her articles have been published on many humanitarian sites that are also focused on changing the world through social, political and personal action. She has extensive experience in the mental health field includes working with victims of trauma and domestic violence, justice matters as well as individual and family therapy.

Jennifer is passionate and focused on bringing the many humanitarian issues that plague the African Continent to the awareness of the developed world in order to incite change. She is also a correspondent, Assistant Editor, and Volunteer Coordinator for NGO News Africa through the volunteer project of the UN.
Jennifer comes to the Africa Global Village Project with a great deal of experience and we are very excited that she has decided to join us.

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