Godawful
“Here was Christianity’s key role in colonization, captured in a 3″ x 1″ (7.5 cm x 2.5 cm) photo card.”
“Here was Christianity’s key role in colonization, captured in a 3″ x 1″ (7.5 cm x 2.5 cm) photo card.”
“You’ll see that we have few resources but, what we do have, we use as best as we can.” Sharing a booklet produced by Cassa Banana Community Health Committee in Zimbabwe.
My conversation with Saaed Wame, founder and director of NACC in Malawi, on valuing community contributions, the challenges of child protection, and how numbers cannot portray the true value of his organization’s work. Support them on GlobalGiving!
“Let go and let God.” It’s a mantra of the self-help group, Alcoholics Anonymous. After attending three conferences related to international aid in the last week, I’m wondering if it’s time for us to adopt the same approach.
Sharing my conversation with Saaed Wame, founder and director of local organization NACC in Malawi, on valuing community contributions, the challenges of child protection, and how numbers cannot portray the true value of his organization’s work.
“Now my heart is in relating human to human,” she said. “Forget class, forget race, this is the reason God sent me here.” (Gasp!) Sharing an article written about me in 1998.
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.