Times of transition and uncertainty are inevitable. The ideal way of getting through these times is through a balance between acceptance of this inevitability, and taking responsibility and action for getting past it- based on strong vision for the future. Right now is hungry season in Malawi. The time of year between the rainy and [...]
Archive for the ‘Development Thoughts’ Category
Get Your Focus Straight and Orchestrate Fate
Posted in Development Thoughts, Engineers Without Borders Work, Updates, tagged Africa, Human Development, Malawi, Poverty on February 14, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Respect to My Blogging Brothers and Sisters from EWB
Posted in Development Thoughts, Engineers Without Borders Work, Updates, tagged Africa, International Development, Malawi, Travel on January 18, 2012 | 2 Comments »
If you have your own blog, you probably know that you can choose to see all the statistics from the traffic that comes to your website. It’s pretty interesting to look at all the available stuff, like what types of internet searches have led people to your site, or even where in the world the [...]
What Have I Accomplished in Malawi?
Posted in Development Thoughts, Engineers Without Borders Work, Updates, tagged Africa, Human Development, International Development, Malawi on January 4, 2012 | 1 Comment »
(This is the third part in a series of posts around a single story and event. The previous part is here) “In 2010, millions of Kwacha worth of funds went missing from a Water and Sanitation project in Malawi.”… …“The police had been informed, arrests made, lawyers hired, legal proceedings set in place, and District [...]
Projectized Sustainability
Posted in Development Thoughts, Engineers Without Borders Work, tagged Human Development, International Development, Poverty, Sustainability on November 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »
A big buzzword in the development world for the past several decades has been “sustainability”. It’s the basic concept that the effects of an initiative to improve the lives of people in developing countries will last long after the initial money for that initiative has dried up, and after all the people who thought it [...]
"Give me money!": The Battle Against Handouts
Posted in Development Thoughts, Engineers Without Borders Work, tagged International Development, Poverty on November 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Imagine a place where there have been decades and billions of dollars spent on trying to bring people out of poverty. Where the money donated in good-will by millions of people from developed nations is spent, and where thousands of people have traveled from across the world to give their assistance, without asking for any [...]
The only thing certain, is uncertainty.
Posted in Development Thoughts, Engineers Without Borders Work, Updates, tagged Africa, International Development, Malawi, Travel on June 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
What is development work like? The answer to this question is from my very limited experience and perspective, but I thought it would be an appropriate time to tackle it. An appropriate time because after several delays and uncertainties, I’m finally in the District of Kasungu, where my official longer-term placement will be. It’s seems [...]
