Without government support for social safety networks,many individuals and families in Sierra Leone look to their extended family system when in need of assistance. From housing and hot meals to school fees,childcare and hospital bills,many rely on their close friends and family to fill the gaps they cannot. At times,this is [...]
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City streets,they are the life blood of any city’s existence,like a pumping heart is for the functioning brain. All that exists stems from the roadway,making it the focal point for any venturing traveller. Combine them with a lack of enforced regulations and you have the perfect mix to create endless excitement,adventure,[...] (Composed on 16/04/2012) I am currently serving as an intern for the Toronto based NGO Street Kids International (SKI) in Arusha,Tanzania. Here,SKI works in partnership with Mkombozi ,a Tanzanian-based organization that provides support to vulnerable children and youth,particularly street children. The organization was established in 1997 in Moshi and has since [...] Nairobi gets a bad reputation. With its high rates of crime and insecurity,youth who live on the streets and in the many slums are often stigmatized as being criminals or thugs. At Make a Better World Kenya,we’ve employed some of the local youths in our new social enterprise. I spent a few minutes [...] Today,April 12th,marks International Day for Street Children,a global celebration which advocates for the support and rights of street children. This annual event was first launched last year by Consortium for Street Children( www.streetchildren.org.uk). Today,over 60 events took place in over 30 countries. One of these events took place in Arusha,Tanzania [...] They,whoever they are,proclaim that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. I can’t help but think of this adage everyday here in Addis Ababa when I pass a certain billboard. This billboard loudly proclaims to the world to ”Stop Child Labour Now”. The problem with this billboard isn’t that stopping child [...] For almost any white/western development worker I would imagine that the words,or at least their own connotation of what the words mean,of Rudyard Kipling’s famous poem still resonate over 100 years later. This post does not aim to argue on the intent of Kipling’s words,Imperialist racism? Or colonial satire? This is an [...] 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 [...] | |||||
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