Fellow development worker, Owen Barder, features this article from Ravi Kanbur on the poverty, development workers and what he terms “poverty professionals.” It is a debate that I’ve felt myself as I travel around Ghana and previously Malawi to do my work. I can’t say that I’ve ever come to a good conclusion, but I [...]
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Integration… a cultural collage
Part of Engineers Without Borders’ guiding philosophy for their overseas volunteers is to integrate yourself as much as possible into the community in which you are living. “Integration” means many different things to each of us. It may be eating local food at a nearby restaurant or at home, maybe even learning to cook some [...]
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