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Stimulating economic growth to eradicate global poverty has for decades been approached with attempts to link traditional markets to the global economic mainstream. Billions of dollars have been invested in hard infrastructure,modern economic activities and trade agreements that meet industrialized market needs,which inevitably only furthers the divide between the have and have-nots. [...] 2.5 weeks to go on my internship in Kenya! To be honest,I’m quite ready to go home to Christmas,my fiance,family,etc. It’s been a very challenging,but rewarding 8 months and I’m just physically and emotionally exhausted and ready for some r and r over Christmas before stressing too much about the [...] As I enter my final month of my internship with HELP-SL,it is natural that I am reflecting on what I’ve achieved in the past six months,and how it fits into the greater body of work I’ve amassed in my short career in community work. Today,I am specifically thinking about the challenges I’ve [...] (This is what I submitted for a social enterprise competition here in Nairobi! Fingers crossed!) There are many social and environmental issues in Nairobi’s informal slum settlements,but a demand and market driven social enterprise project by Make A Better World Kenya (MABWOK) will tackle two of the issues simultaneously,namely youth unemployment and poor [...] Apart from Addis-Ababa,Ethiopia,where I am fulfilling my placement,Kenya is the only other East African country I have traveled to. After de-boarding the plane,the grocery store was my first stop. Just as I was checking out,I realized I had forgotten to bring sunscreen. I asked the cashier to give me a [...] 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 [...]
Haryana,India – It is hard to define what makes a home or why home feels the way it does for each of us in both different and similar ways. It is about the spaces,the smells,the sounds,and of course,the people. India is not my home. In fact,my home is [...] | |||||
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