Nairobi We had been failing to connect the entire time I was in Nairobi. Messages left at either my hotel desk or the reception at the Methodist Center were near misses as we ran to meetings, or she was out in the country. Kate Atkins, my international right hand, who has been helping me put …
Category: International
NGO-ville II
Nairobi There are big NGO’s (non-governmental organizations) and small ones. Some are rich and some are poor. When I was first in Nairobi in 2004, the phenomena was new to me so I was simply staggered by the size and variety of NGO’s seemingly everywhere I looked. The other thing that complicated the African picture …
Diversion of Organization
Nairobi Eventually when organizers meet, no matter how well intended or polite the manners, the facts will hit the table hard and fast. Mark Splain and I met with several trainers of community organizers at the COPA-K offices, Peter Ng’aug’a and Abisai Mugara. Having been on the ground for a several days now, we …