"Little did Rumbidzai know that her poem would become a piece of art that would serve to illuminate the journey the partner organizations were about to begin." From "Narratives of Hope 'It Starts Within Us': Documenting Development Through Stories of Change", published by Weaver Press.[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Zimbabwe’
March 20th, 2012 - 9:30 pm § in Reflection & Rumination
Cowboys & Farmers
Maybe my cowgirl dreams have finally come true. Because now…this farmer’s daughter is working for the aid cowboys. [...]
February 17th, 2012 - 9:35 am § in Poetry Pause
Friday’s Poetic Pause: “When sorrow comes” by A. Powell Davies
How-matters.org’s Friday feature! Sharing “When sorrow comes” by A. Powell Davies as a tribute to my late grandfather and to the Gwai Grandmothers in Mberengwa, Zimbabwe.[...]
November 17th, 2011 - 12:41 pm § in Guest Bloggers, Reflection & Rumination
Random Nomad
Link to my interview in The Displaced Nation: "RANDOM NOMAD: Jennifer Lentfer, International Aid Consultant, Writer & Blogger"[...]
September 14th, 2011 - 11:44 am § in Reflection & Rumination
New Mission in Life
“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.[...]
March 18th, 2011 - 5:25 am § in Reflection & Rumination
Nothing to Offer
In the wake of such tragedy in Japan, let us never forget the long-term, slow-moving disasters of poverty, inequality and injustice around the rest of the world, where funding IS readily needed. [...]
February 24th, 2011 - 4:58 pm § in Good Practice
Would YOU fund this organization?
I received a report, exactly as it appears in this post, from a Zimbabwean organization. Only one question—if you were the grantmaker, would you fund them again? [...]
