Thank you so much, @asiimwe4justice This means a lot. I am grateful to do work that helps us remember, honour, and share the stories we are living every day through our work. ๐ซถ๐พ
โNow Send Me Your Storyโฆ.โ
There are people in organizations whose work everyone praises, but very few truly understand.
Today, I walked with @libeikhare, the communications lead at @CivsourceAfrica.
God knows it is not easy to do communications in the social justice world.
Many donors will fund programs, activities, workshops, reports, strategy sessions, but communications? Storytelling? Documentation? Visibility? Those things are often treated like optional extras instead of the lifeblood they actually are.
And yet, if we do not tell our stories, others will tell them for us. Or worse, they disappear altogether.
Sometimes I think communications roles today resemble what โgender focal personsโ used to be in many organizations. You appoint one passionate person, celebrate them loudly, then quietly hand them the responsibility of carrying an entire institutional culture change on their back.
That is Ednah.
She leads our tiny communications department, serving all five entities within the CivSource Group. On any given day, she is juggling service offerings, impact stories, convenings, campaigns, partnerships, reports, graphics, social media, photography, visibility, messaging, and the endless urgency that comes with all of it.
And truthfully?
We dumped a lot of it on her shoulders.
But one thing I deeply admire about Ednah is that she refused to become the organizationโs โsole storyteller.โ
In her gentle but firm way, she has kept insisting that we are the storytellers too. That the people doing the work must also learn to name it, document it, honor it and share it.
She has coached us patiently. She has shared templates and storytelling guides. Held one-on-one sessions. Encouraged us when we doubted ourselves.
And then come the remindersโฆ
โWhere is your story aboutโฆ?โ
โI loved the pictures you shared. Now give those pictures life through your words.โ
โWhen can I expect your story?โ
โYouโre doing well. Now send me the story.โ
I laughed as I walked with her because every single one of us at CivSource has received those messages. Again. And again. And again.
And slowly, something is shifting.
People who once thought storytelling belonged to โthe comms teamโ have started seeing themselves as story bearers too.
Is Ednahโs workload lighter now? Not really.
But I know this much: without her persistence, many of our stories would still be sitting silently inside peopleโs phones, notebooks, memories, and hearts.
Thank you, Ednah for teaching us. For pushing us. For encouraging us. For rebuking us when necessary. For refusing to give up on us.
We are better storytellers because of you. And perhaps more importantly, we are becoming better witnesses to our own work.
I truly appreciate you.
#StorytellingForChange #CommunicationsForImpact #WalkWithTheCEO
โ๐พHappy Motherโs Day to you, Mummy, the most singular woman I know. ๐ท
โฆfor those who would linger a little longer ๐: https://t.co/5eCcmxfJG3
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๐ผ๏ธTitle of artwork: ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ ยฉ๏ธ 2026 By Ednah Rebeccah
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#MothersDay
๐ถWeekend Song On Repeat!
โ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ดโ - ๐๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ
I think, in truth, I looked rather fabulous!
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๐Read more๐: https://t.co/QYcC5Tn0iO
#Unaltered#Fabulous
๐ซถ๐ฝ ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐?
Sometimes love you is simply noticing what makes you feel alive, what makes you feel like yourself, and what helps you move through the world with a little more softness, &, humour.
๐๐: https://t.co/7Gd2MRo8OW
#TheThingILoveAboutMeIsYou
โ๐พMay you find the version of the day that works for you.
In the meantime this is how I get through my day. ๐๐พ
๐Read more ๐: https://t.co/O987iwglZK
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๐จA Working Theory | 2D Animation ยฉ๏ธ 2026 By Ednah Rebeccah
#AWorkingTheory
โ๐พโLosing you did not end the conversation. It just forced me to get creative about how I listen back.โ _ Ednah Rebeccah
So today, this is for you, Edgar.
Always. ๐ซถ๐ฝ
๐ https://t.co/0WetbOe9RVโฆ
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๐จAfter You | 2D Animation ยฉ๏ธ 2026 By Ednah Rebeccah
#Afteryou
๐๐พ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ค๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ!
โ๐๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณโ โ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฆ ๐
Some things are worth pausing for simply because they remind you that wonder still has excellent timing.
๐Read more๐: https://t.co/2KFXmmOuVP
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#DancingWithThunder#ThunderByJessieJ
โ๐พ"๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐." _ Ednah Rebeccah
Just remember Slsometimes all you need, is your own little monster!
โน๏ธ๐:
https://t.co/1BVgAYrzw2
#friendswiththemonster
โ๐ฝ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐?
๐Read the full piece if you have ever wondered what became of the versions of you that almost were. ๐๐ซถ๐พ๐: https://t.co/2CkGuRPTJG
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#outnumbered
๐๐พ๐ถ ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ค ๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:
โ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซโ โ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฒ
Sometimes all a person hopes for is a brief pause to say: Let me see you as you are right now.
๐๐:https://t.co/nPplZYMtrg
#IntheWakeofNearness#FridaySongOnRepeat
๐๐พ๐ถ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ!
โ๐๐๐ โ ๐๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ต. ๐๐ถ๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ด
If youโre reading this, let it be a gentle prompt to reach out to someone important to you.๐ซถ๐พ
๐ ๐: https://t.co/ZK4eJuMW3O
#ATideWithMemory#Constellations
๐๐พ๐ถ Friday song on repeat!
โHARD LOVEโ โ NEEDTOBREATHE (ft. Andra Day)
Thereโs a reason the road is long: courage is built by repetition, not rush. Delays donโt always mean โno, sometimes they mean โnot yet,โ preparation, positioning.
Still walking.
#TheLongWayHome