I like to write, and over the past year, I’ve really enjoyed writing this blog, connecting with old and new friends and sharing what I’m experiencing with you. I try to keep this blog personal, but still work or experience related. I try to avoid too much detail on how I’m feeling, rather [...]
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It’s that time of year again
It’s that time of year again.
I’ve lived in Malawi for almost a year (11 months and 2 weeks really), enough to see the seasons come full circle and with that the activities and specialties it brings. The land is prepared and ready for planting. Farmers are waiting for the first rains.
Mangoes are back!… Starting small [...]
Out my back window
(From October 10th)
I spent the past few days in Nairobi.
The first day, outing that night to a fancy hotel to meet with Acumen Fund and Grassroots Business Fund. The second day, was a series of meetings, presentations, more meetings and more taxi rides spent stuck in traffic. The third day, I met a [...]
Fate of a Foreign Football
One of people’s favorite gifts to send overseas are footballs. Everyone loves football (at least outside of America), so of course it makes perfect sense.
The problem (beyond undercutting a local market and sellers, promoting a sense of dependency and Western images) are that these balls are REALLY not built to withstand the enthusiam of all [...]
The changes you never see
I’ve been living here in Dedza for 9 months. There are days when that feels like forever; there are days when that feels like no time at all.
What has impressed me in those 9 months are the changes I’ve seen. The businesses and organizations that have started, grown, collapsed, left. The changing [...]
