Yes, there are problems living here, but oh it's beautiful.
Nyiramajambere Esperance, on the left of this group, thrilled Solange and me by volunteering a quotable quote: In the first workshop on trauma healing I learnt to recover from my inner wounds. Now your teaching about vegetables and how to grow them will help me heal my outer wounds.
It does look lovely. --I don't know how one would do it in a blogspot but a dramatis personae and a glossary wd be good. Tell us again just what moringa is and what its nutritional virtues are? what does it get mixed in with?
ReplyDeleteThere was a post about moringa from my last visit (or the one before). Or try treesforlife.com.
ReplyDeleteI try to introduce people when they're new, unless I think the detail doesn't matter and its the interaction or the observation that counts. A list of dramatis personae would need to be frequently updated, and my time is nearly always short - as it is now.
I don't know if there's a search feature to scan previous entries. I do my best to be clear but not tediously repetitive!
I have not time to track down the specific entry about the benefits or otherwise of aid, so I'm commenting here. I believe Africa must solve its own problems; I am sure colonial background does not help, but it's a bit late to complain of that now. I was impressed by an argument that the world is ONE community, and the rich (us, Europe, America etc) shd expect to be taxed for the benefit of the poor (eg Africa). That money cd be used to provide basics like sanitation, health care and perhaps education. Beyond that, externals, I think I believe, should focus on nudging towards good governance and transparency: while being very candid about our own failings on those fronts.
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