Dar es Salaam Ripple effects of the current global recession continue to amaze me as it seems the impacts widen farther and farther. Last night visiting with the country director for Oxfam Great Britain, and hearing about her program around Tanzania, it was disheartening to hear that since her arrival she has been in the unanticipated …
Month: February 2009
Global Door-to-Door
Dar es Salaam There is no period like a world-wide recession to force home the point that globalism or the expanding benefits of for-profit enterprise is simply not going to solve the problems of the poor. As unemployment grows like a disease and hunger fill new millions every day with hurt, the hopes pinned …
Zanzibar
Stonetown, Zanzibar The electricity keeps flickering on and off every few minutes forcing me to decide exactly how much I care for the news on either CNN, BBC or Al Jazceera. The weather is hot and humid with the kind of haze associated in my mind with days looking out on the water of …