A Letter From Tanzania
Kalisti works for me as a houseboy. He is 20(ish) years of age, an ex-streetboy, thief and thug. He came to me after serving three months…
British Expat Newsletter:
21 December 2005
This week: Aid projects – some of the difficulties faced in spending development assistance sensibly.
A Community in Crisis
Forgive me please, as I am not a parent. I never have been a parent. However, I have, at forty-five, two newly adopted sons. Well, I…
British Expat Newsletter:
5 October 2005
This week: Coffee – how it’s produced and traded, and how fair trade is a growing part of the international coffee commodity market.
Maria’s Story (Part Three)
“Tthere’s nobody who’s crossed my path and I’ve thought, ‘Oh gosh, he’s good-looking and seems very intelligent and is not committed, maybe I should go for it’. Lilongwe is a small town when you think about who your potential partners are.” The last of three excerpts from the book And Then I Came Here by Lynne Kay.
Maria’s Story (Part Two)
“You see so many young women selling vegetables by the side of the road … you’d hear the same stories – ‘My teacher used to ask me to come and clean his house, and he started having sex with me and then I got pregnant. I got kicked out of school and now I’m sitting here selling vegetables…'” Another excerpt from the book And Then I Came Here by Lynne Kay.