September 2010
5 posts
Il faut manger!
For Korite we went to my friend Justine’s friend Maggette’s house in the village of Pout (so many funny names there—they are pronouced “maggot” and “poot”, respectively). Maggette told us to get there as early as possible, texting Justine “Remember the sooner! Don’t want to miss the morning prayer ambiance!” But we had other,...
The Peanut Solution →
Here’s a great article from the New York Times that touches on a great number of things that I find to be Messed Up about international development. Including, but not limited to: the marketability but lack of feasibility of Solutions in general; issues of dependency v. self sufficiency coupled with the problem of “working yourself out of a job”;and the general corporatization...
