Last Sunday evening, 16 new short-term volunteers from Engineers Without Borders Canada arrived in the country. They were excited, nervious, tired, anxious. One sprayed herself with mosquito repellant before leaving the welcoming area of the airport. A few had troubles with the bank machines, which threw them into a state of confusion. All were asking [...]
What motivates you? Graham Lettner
My colleague and friend from Engineers Without Borders, Graham Lettner, sent me this: Enos Banda is my guy. He’s my friend. Now I’ve finally got a chance to do something that could really help him out, and I want more than anything to see Mobile Transactions get Enos his first bank account. That’s my motivation.” [...]
What motivates you? Naiomi
Naomi is a 21 year old girl that works in the house where I live. She’s a hired hand for the older couple. She works hard. Sometimes, you can tell that she resents it. She lacks the opportunities that the other 4 girls in the house has. She wanted to be a nurse, but with [...]
What motivates you?
In the coming months, I will be working on a new theme; exploring what motivates the people that I meet, my colleagues, my friends. I want to tell their stories, but in a different light. Already, these “what motivates you” conversations have provided an interesting and refreshing connection with the people in my life. For [...]
Hold on
Please wait while this blog and its author get a make-over – one in appearance and the other in inspiration. //
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