"When you begin to think outside the box, you often become some other "leaders" lousy follower. That usually costs something" (Andy Rayner)

"Our guardian angels are bored." (Mike Foster)

It's where I feel I'm at these days. “In the second half of life, it is good just to be a part of the general dance. We do not have to stand out, make defining moves, or be better than anyone else on the dance floor. Life is more participatory than assertive, and there is no need for strong or further self-definition” (Falling Upward. Richard Rohr.120).

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Saying No to Damaging African AID Models

"Africa is addicted to aid. For the past sixty years it has been fed aid. Like any addict it needs and depends on its regular fix, finding it hard, if not impossible, to contemplate existence in an aid-less world. In Africa, the West has found its perfect client to deal to...

This book provides  a blueprint, ..... for Africa to wean itself off aid. This goal cannot be easily achieved without the cooperation of the donors And like the challenges someone addicted to drugs might face, the withdrawal is bound to be painful...Drug-taker, or drug-pusher, in the end someone has to have the courage to say no."

(Dead AID: Why Aid Is Not Working And How There Is A Better Way For Africa. Dambisa Moyo. pg 60)
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