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.