Siena Anstis

Siena Anstis, a Swedish-Canadian, is currently working in Nairobi as the Regional Communications Officer for the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) East Africa under the AFK (Canada) International Development Management Fellowship program. A freelance journalist and photographer, she received the Canadian International Development Agency’s Journalism & Development Grant 2009. Inspired by work in Uganda in HIV/AIDS and information and communication for development (ICT4D) for women farmers, she primarily writes about human rights, community development and ICT4D in East Africa. She is also a team member of Project Diaspora (PD), an organization which motivates the Africa Diaspora to invest “back home.” Through PD, she assists with the Women of Kireka initiative to help Ugandan internally displaced refugees pursue income-generating activities. In 2008, she studied at the Danish School of Journalism in Denmark. During this time, she also wrote about ethnic reconciliation in Kosovo. She is a weekly blogger for THIS Magazine and the World Bank’s You Think! and a correspondent for Neighborhood Watch, an Australian radio show. Siena graduated with a B.A. in Journalism and Anthropology from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada in 2009.

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