Aide-Memoire
From the monthly archives: July 2009
Over the years I’ve been conscious that much of the information we get about Africa is mediated by Western voices. But here is an initiative that let’s us hear voices from on the ground. In this case it is the folks from Action Aid in Tanzania, who’ve started a new [...]
I have been watching the Victorian Royal Commission into the tragic bushfires earlier in 2009 with great interest. Probably with more interest than the average observer since I live in a wooden house in a very small suburb surrounded by bushland national parks.
A recent article notes the [...]
In real contrast to my old high school (as discussed in yesterday’s post) here is a school that really needs donations.
As my friend Stilgherrian describes: “This is Juma Hassan lila Kalibu, secretary of Kilimani village in Zanzibar, showing off the village school’s new [...]
Just got the annual letter from my old high school. As an ex-student they reach out annually to ask me for money. That’s pretty much all I hear from them. There’s no attempt to stay in touch or to create a sense of community.
They might be doing more, but [...]
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