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Pounding the pavement in the Northern Tanzanian cities of Arusha and Moshi,the street kids are pretty easy to spot. Head to any of the usual spots – the outskirts of the market,the clocktower,the riverbanks – and you’ll see them chatting,hanging around,or catching some shut-eye. Head into the market or just [...] Recently,I had the good fortune to go on a monitoring visit to the Eastern part of Nepal where Street and Practice Business trainings had been delivered in April 2009. The purpose of the visit was twofold;first,to follow up with some of the youth workers who had participated in the training and to [...] Last week we had a youth entrepreneurship and leadership training. I was amazed by the participants zest for a bright future. Many are not establishing businesses simply to earn a buck;they most certainly have great goals and hopes for their lives,families and community. We asked some of the youth their motivations for [...] After spending most of my lifetime in super-regulated Canada,when I first started traveling in “developing”countries,what was one thing that really struck me? Street vendors. Whether I was in Guatemala or Burkina Faso or Belize or Togo,it seemed to me that I could literally buy anything my heart desired on the street. Once [...] I should be doing something? That’s the thought that kept running through my head. Shouldn’t I be doing something right now? I am just sitting here,in the corner,not understanding 95% of the language. But all is good. Right? Okay,so here is the context. From June 17 to 21,the Emmanuel Development Association [...] | |||||
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