Breaking Ground 2010: Be unreasonable.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. [Shaw] I have […]
Tag Archives: Africa
Confessions of a former idealist
Today I realized two things. First, that I haven’t written a blog post on my personal blog (this one) in quite a while; second, that I seem to have lost […]
New trend: Sending 1 million [things] to Africa
After the 1 Million Shirts debacle, the Twitter debate on gifts-in-kind (GIK) has continued. While some of us enthusiastically trumpeted the drawbacks of sending one million of anything over to […]
reminder: a VERY important date…
just a little note about a very important date… You’re invited to hear the One Home Many Hopes story from Kenyan founder Anthony Mulongo on Wednesday, May 12th at Madhatter […]
Teleconference on 1 Million Shirts
I’ll be curious to see how tomorrow’s teleconference turns out. Will it be just a few select aid bloggers who have been active voices in the conversation, or will random […]
Another GIK Start-up: 1 Million Shirts
Today a few of the people I follow on Twitter for insightful ideas about sustainable development (@penelopeinparis and @talesfromthhood) took over my feed with criticisms of a new project called […]
About the numbers: MMR and Aid Dollars
It certainly has been an interesting week already for those of us who enjoy reading about numbers, with two major studies released in the Lancet. First, the groundbreaking article with […]
On “building a constituency for development in the US…”
Where is that idea from? None other than Mr. Nick Kristof, whose Teach for the World concept has invited criticism, praise, skepticism, and enthusiasm alike. In case you missed it, […]
