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Author: tpost
Buffalo, Bees, & Human Beings in Africa
A good memory from two African teachers who took the time one day to talk with me. One was Masai, son of a clan of vigorous warriors who herd cattle in the grassland plains. To earn manhood status they face lions and sometimes the fierce Cape Buffalo. Traditionally Masai young men prove their courage by…
Bangladesh Human Creativity in Adapting to Erratic Rains: Floating Garden Interfish in Bangladesh
Bangladeshi farmers are making floating gardens out of bamboo framers, water hyacinth bedding and mud.
A Widow Woman & Swamp Rice In Sierra Leone
About a week ago a friend asked me: “What project are you working on?” It’s pretty hard to explain the open-ended process of bringing people together in community development as “a project.” But, one of the projects I do work on is being part of a team of people who focus on increasing the…
Solo le Pido a Dios…que el dolor no me sea indiferente.
Solo le Pido a Dios…que el dolor no me sea indiferente. I only ask God, that I not be indifferent to pain, war, injustice, treason, or to the future Mercedes Sosa’s rendition of Solo le Pido a Dios has a haunting, prayer-like quality, with the introspective expressiveness of Latin American heart. That I…
Beauty and Bombs
Fear seems to reign, at least it’s pretty strong right now in the United States. It seems to me that the flip side of fear is often anger and violence. That violence can ravage beautiful places in this earth. Then the land suffers for the sins of humanity. Yet, there is great and…
Gracias Infinitas
Infinite thanks. In the English language I don’t think we express thanks with the word infinite. But, one of the beautiful things about experiencing the varied peoples in this world is to experience the various ways of saying thanks. In looking back over these last couple of years, one of the sweetest little expressions of…
A Man and his Wife: Making a Living in Bangladesh on a Tiny Bit of Land
Something like 165 million people live in Bangladesh in about the land area of Wisconsin. People count their land holdings in terms of 21 foot X 21 foot little blocks called decimals. Shukumar and his wife, Kojalrani, impressed me with their resourcefulness as they strive to make a living. World Renew has a fancy name…
A Widow’s Ducks
She’s caring for her daughter’s baby and for her aging mother. Her husband left her for another woman, effectively leaving her a widow. How can she earn her own livelihood, as a poor widow in northern Bangladesh? Well, it turns out that Bangladesh has a lot of water. Many ponds last through the dry season…
Creation Care in India
Sense of place. Caring for the spot of the Earth that the Lord gave your family. Making it a better than when you started. That’s a feeling many have but don’t know how. Sometimes they are too poor to even own the land they farm. That’s the case of many farmers in NE India. In…
A Glimpse of Lives of HIV-AIDS Positive Couple
Their story goes back to teenage rebellion and drug use. There must be a lot more to it. The doctor from SHALOM has known them and their families for a long time. He has reached out to them to try to help them improve their livelihoods by getting them a couple of pigs to fatten…