Four months after a letter circulated across the world, more than 1,800 local organizations, networks, and grassroots leaders have demanded a change.
For weeks, Doris Fatima Webber tried to think up ways to make a 5,000 mile journey — one that would take her from Sierra Leone to Denmark for a conference.
The event was focused on supporting local organizations working on development, humanitarian response, and peace. And Webber, as the executive director of a local nonprofit in rural Sierra Leone, had a lot she wanted to share. But there was one caveat: She couldn’t get a visa.
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Elissa Miolene
Elissa Miolene reports on USAID and the U.S. government at Devex. She previously covered education at The San Jose Mercury News, and has written for outlets like The Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Washingtonian magazine, among others. Before shifting to journalism, Elissa led communications for humanitarian agencies in the United States, East Africa, and South Asia.
