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Growing Perspectives: August 2009
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Stories of life and reflections on change from Zambia '09. Wednesday, August 19, 2009. It feels as though it is four and half minutes to midnight on New Year’s Eve. Last minute conflicts, regrets over the year's happenings, bouts of laughter, reflections on circumstances, and hurried last minute preparations to welcome the New Year accompany the last breaths and struggled mutterings of the old one. Friday, August 14, 2009. Febrile Chills - Sleepless Nights - Morning brings a lucid, cruel, cruel, reality.
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Growing Perspectives: September 2009
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Stories of life and reflections on change from Zambia '09. Sunday, September 20, 2009. So perhaps the canvas brought to Zambia is finished - no more will the child's call of "musungu! What can be done to create it? The return to Canada? Is there something there? Saturday, September 5, 2009. The sun too shines in Calgary. Why will the child born in Calgary have far greater opportunity than the one born in Ndola? Internal roadblocks to change. As difficult as it is for an organization to achieve project su...
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Growing Perspectives: June 2009
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Stories of life and reflections on change from Zambia '09. Tuesday, June 30, 2009. I took this one in Mapalo. I think it is a neat picture. Not an expert photograph like something Ian or Tony can create, but I like the way the shadow dances with the wall. Two to tango. A little music for a change; Pat Metheny's oasis. Monday, June 29, 2009. Sheep in wolf's clothing. So I really had to force myself to write this post, apologies in advance if it feels laboured. Woes of the "field worker". Interview "struct...
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Mike in Zambia: August 2009
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Summer of 09 I'll be in Zambia, working with IDE on agricultural value chains, based out of a small town named Pemba. Wednesday, August 26, 2009. Blog Post 25 – Closing Remarks. Closing Remarks and Prayer. So lets ask the makua: what are your closing remarks? How did it go? Was the placement a success? Well, IDE is an NGO. They serve farmers, which is to say farmers are the clients. And the farmers want me to stay, so my work with IDE was a success. Blog Post 24 – Busy? Ahh I love busy days! 8221; “...
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Growing Perspectives: Full House
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Stories of life and reflections on change from Zambia '09. Wednesday, August 19, 2009. It feels as though it is four and half minutes to midnight on New Year’s Eve. Last minute conflicts, regrets over the year's happenings, bouts of laughter, reflections on circumstances, and hurried last minute preparations to welcome the New Year accompany the last breaths and struggled mutterings of the old one. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia. View my complete profile. Mike H in Zambia.
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Growing Perspectives: Changing Change?
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Stories of life and reflections on change from Zambia '09. Friday, August 7, 2009. Projects may take a patriarchal point of view, one of 'helping' a community. If the community is not actively involved at all levels there is great potential for the project to fall apart. If a community doesn't actively desire change in one way or another are solutions being forced in a way of "we know more, it's our obligation to free the masses from their ignorance? Is there a distinction at the end of the day? Many dev...
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Growing Perspectives: Stuck inside of Lusaka with the Malaria blues again
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Stories of life and reflections on change from Zambia '09. Tuesday, August 11, 2009. Stuck inside of Lusaka with the Malaria blues again. The plan was perfect - leave Ndola. Early on Sunday morning to arrive in Lusaka by Noon. Spend the day in Lusaka doing last minute preparations and final work related emails and then head to Kasama. For a village stay. Head to the market on Sunday and grab a gift or two for my intended host family, eat a good meal and most importantly GET SOME SLEEP! In the evening the...
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Growing Perspectives: July 2009
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Stories of life and reflections on change from Zambia '09. Wednesday, July 29, 2009. The ties that bind? Some ideas on functionality, assets, behaviour, and perceptions. As I near the end of my placement I have finished my BSF. Programme study. To elucidate, my work has focused on the impact of Biosand. Filters on households and how their functionality is influenced by assets, behaviours, and perceptions within households and communities. Looking at how intervention projects, such as the BSF. Note each a...
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Growing Perspectives: Endings and Beginnings
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Stories of life and reflections on change from Zambia '09. Sunday, September 20, 2009. So perhaps the canvas brought to Zambia is finished - no more will the child's call of "musungu! What can be done to create it? The return to Canada? Is there something there? September 20, 2009 at 2:30 PM. September 22, 2009 at 9:30 AM. January 3, 2010 at 9:02 PM. As you looked back, your summation was clearly bittersweet. But we desperately need people like you who understand their plight and can carry their hope...
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