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Great Expectations for Zambian Internship

by admin | Sep 26, 2013 | Energy poverty, Intern perspectives, Zambia

Great Expectations | By Kathleen Buchholz, in Nairobi. I arrived in Nairobi late Sunday night during the horrific terrorist attacks at the Westgate Shopping Centre. This wasn’t how I expected my arrival in Nairobi to be.

A Response: From Nyamata to New York

by Guest Contributor | Jun 12, 2013 | Children, Rwanda

By Frank Reidy, former Country Director of Refugee International Trust. This is a comment in response to Kristine Pearson’s blog about Rwandan head-of-household, Jonathan Macumi. Their faces...

Energy – The Oxygen of Africa’s Growth and Development

by Kristine Pearson | May 16, 2013 | African progress, Energy poverty

Historically people associate the sound of Africa as the roar of the lion; but in reality, it’s been the roar of the diesel generator. Herds of these archaic beasts are on the prowl. Their habitat...

The Indignities of Illiteracy

by Kristine Pearson | May 2, 2013 | By Kristine Pearson, Education, Energy poverty, Zambia

Nelson Mandela so powerfully said, “there is no dignity in poverty.” Neither is there dignity in being illiterate. Many times I’ve heard people speak of their feelings of humiliation...

World’s Newest Nation Faces Huge Educational Challenges

by Kristine Pearson | Feb 22, 2013 | By Kristine Pearson, Education

Having recently emerged from nearly four decades of conflict, in which two million people were killed and four million displaced, everything was destroyed and everything needs rebuilding or building...

Great Expectations for Zambian Internship

A Response: From Nyamata to New York

The Indignities of Illiteracy

World’s Newest Nation Faces Huge Educational Challenges

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