Keep going in (Part IV)
“How do we help people understand: you don’t have to cling, you don’t have to dominate, you don’t have to hide, you don’t have to confine yourself.” PART IV of interview with Onyango Otieno
“How do we help people understand: you don’t have to cling, you don’t have to dominate, you don’t have to hide, you don’t have to confine yourself.” PART IV of interview with Onyango Otieno
“They made life a business. I didn’t want to stay in the market. I wanted to stay in a community.” PART III of interview with Onyango Otieno
“We deserve equal time…We deserve equal measure of resources – just because we are here.” PART II of interview with Onyango Otieno
“I really love it when people connect to each other. Because it encompasses the idea that we need one another to make life work. We need one another.” PART I of interview with Onyango Otieno
“We…expect our pound of flesh. But rather than give aid workers the tools to do the job that is needed, we treat them with suspicion that they are incapable or weak when they need help.” A guest post by Weh Yeoh.
Opening your heart and thus becoming an effective aid worker is a conscious, intentional process that takes effort, persistence and a willingness to examine your thoughts, motives and emotions.