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 [...]
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Not long ago I received word from Kristy,our program manager at SKI in Canada,that a Canadian NGO was interested in receiving the Street Business Took Kit training for their local partners in the Eastern region of Sierra Leone. While I was familiar with the training material and of its benefits for budding young [...] When I first was offered this internship,I was a bit torn. Personally,I thought every kid should stay in school until they finished what is the equivalent of grade 12 in Canada,and what Street Kids does it teach youth that are street involved and usually not a part of the traditional education system [...]  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 [...] Debre Berhan methodologically confounds. No place is as cold (dark side of the moon) and as hot (Ethiopia/Danakil Depression) than Debre Berhan,Ethiopia. I go to bed in long johns (rainbow stripped) and wake up sweating through my shirt,reaching manically for the bottled water on my table. I sat down on a bag (50kgs) [...] Last week when we made a trip to the Dandora dump site to visit the young men,they were all smiles,happy to see some familiar faces. However,as we walked down to the area where we were to have a mini chat with the men,I felt something was different perhaps because the [...] I keep asking myself,what will it take for Microfinance Institutions to open their doors to increase/ improve access to financial products and services to vulnerable youth? Business start-ups by youth are usually seen as too risky;as a result most institutions are reluctant to disburse loans. What role can organizations working with youth play in instilling confidence in MFIs [...] | |||||
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