Daily Life,Featured!,Politics & Policy 21 February 2009

January 20th, 2009
Today was no ordinary day. Maria came and knocked on my bedroom door to tell me that the sisters requested me over at the convent. Barack Obama’s live inauguration had begun. From a tiny little black and white television in the convent, I sat with Sister Ernestine, Sister …

 Empowerment,International Development 12 November 2008

November 12th, 2008
I traveled to Katikamu today to see if the community was collecting stones as they had determined at their last meeting and to take some photos. There was a big number of the community there when I arrived. Everyone was diligently working on collecting hard core. …

 Empowerment,Entrepreneurship,Microenterprise,Volunteer Spotlight 15 October 2008

Maria is the care taker of the guest house that I live in on the Bishop Asili Hospital compound.
She is employed by the sisters at Bishop Asili Hospital. She has several children and an ex husband that doesn’t help her to take care of them. She recently became inspired to …