But, I do recall him telling me, at the end of the meeting that, maybe, he would give me a job. By mid 1997, Reuters offered me a course, on business news, in London, which enabled me to write business stories for sometime for international newspapers. By the end of 1997 I became the representative in Angola for the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, which I still hold. My main goal is to make sure most of the resources allocated to Angola go to education and, thus, more than 2,500 primary education teachers have already benefited from Open Society's training in child centered methodologies plus a permanent follow up of their activities. For the majority of these teachers, the training provided by Open Society was the first training they have ever had on how to teach.
Proper education is the key to Angola's future and the end of political ignorance in the country.
Nowadays, only the children of the poor and unprivileged serve in the army. I was accused of undermining the army and inciting civil disobedience. I am still waiting to respond in court to these charges. The rest of my story caused a major international uproar, which is another story by itself. Now, wherever there is a journalist in trouble, in Angola, I go there on behalf of Open Society, to provide the needed support.