The Surprising Benefits of Literacy

One of the awesome things about HELP-Salone’s approach to livelihood development is that they give truly holistic complementary training to everyone that they support with micro financial services. This means that alongside the Street Business training,our service users learn about gender rights,sexual health,hygiene and other life skills,including literacy.

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Day of the African Child –this years theme street youth!!

The title of this story would make one believe that this day was in fact to recognize the persistent issue that many of Tanzania’s youth are facing.  Numerous children are increasingly finding themselves either living on the street full time,part time or are in a close relationship with the street as a  means to [...]

MABWOK’s social enterprise venture

I am very proud to be working at SKI’s Kenya partner,Make A Better World Kenya (MABWOK) as they are very ‘on the ball’ in realizing what will make their community (and organization) more sustainable. What I have been helping MABWOK with for the most part lately,is developing the concept for a social enterprise,[...]

development ‘buzzwords’/ ‘hot topics’in nairobi

Recently my focus has been on developing a business plan for the social enterprise Make A Better World Kenya is planning on kick starting by the end of 2011. This idea,formulated before SKI’s CIDA proposal went in last year but solidified through the proposal process,is the result of recognition of the path that [...]

First and Lasting Impressions of Manila

What do you expect when you come to a place like Manila?  For me,it was what I read in the books,the internet,or what I was told by my Filipino dentist who immigrated to Canada 10 years ago.  It is a densely populated city,complete with high rises and large international companies juxtaposed [...]