Understanding La Paz

By Bryce July 26th,2011

La Paz,and the neighbouring city of El Alto are very much defined by the weather. La Paz is built like a bowl,with the lower section of the bowl being the warmest. Where each social class lives it based on the warmth. The rich live in the Zona Sur,which is the lower part [...]

July 26th,2011 | Category:Living Abroad | 3 comments

Volunteer-tourism has negative effects

By Adam July 21st,2011

Things are going well over here and I have been to Arusha a fair bit in the last little while to meet with Madison,who is adapting really well to Tanzania. I am getting excited to go back home to Canada but I am definitely going to miss a lot of things,especially chipsi mayai [...]

July 21st,2011 | Category:Child Rights,International Development,Misc.,Non-Governmental Organizations,Social Change | 2 comments

An Inspiring Approach to Community Development

By Heather July 18th,2011

One of my favourite aspects of my job is gathering stories from our microfinance clients on how their loans have affected their lives. It is through these discussions that I get closest to seeing the impacts of tools like the Street Business Toolkit (SBTK). I’ve seen that HELP-SL’s practice of giving business and life skills [...]

July 18th,2011 | Category:Capacity Building,Entrepreneurship,International Development,Non-Governmental Organizations,Social Enterprise,Training | Leave a comment

Microfranchise,you’re awesome.

By Adam July 1st,2011
Kibo

It seems like I’ve been here forever and I love it. There is nowhere I would rather be than in Moshi. It’s such a nice place to live and it’s so salama (peaceful). Between the views of Kilimanjaro and Mawenzi and the aggressive mamas at the market,I wouldn’t change a thing.

I’m doing some [...]

July 1st,2011 | Category:Entrepreneurship,International Development,Non-Governmental Organizations,Social Change,Street Youth | 2 comments