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Author: tpost
Kolkata/Calcutta & Mother Teresa’s Memory
Kolkata, India brims over with humanity. Arteries clogged with traffic, shirtless men asleep on the side walks, markets smelling of tea and spices—it’s a sensory overload place where over 14 million human beings live. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata) Mother Teresa’s solidarity with the poor of Kolkata, in the name of Christ, strikes me because it’s hard for me…
The Killing Fields Memories of Cambodia
I hope my readers won’t weary of this series of blogs on Cambodia just yet. I’d like to share a few pictures about the memory of the “killing fields”: memories Cambodians live with. From the time the US armed forces pulled out of Vietnam in 1975, to about 1979, there was a great turmoil in…
Cambodia—Boom Economy in 2013, But What Comes Next?
Feb 2013 One of the contrasts between working in Kenya in the late 1990s and working with several Asian countries in the 2000s, is the rapid rate of change happening in Asia. To be in Dhaka, Bangladesh or Phnom Penh, Cambodia—for example—is to be surrounded by construction and traffic. Within eye site of the hotel…
Mr. Mao—A Great Teacher and a Great Farmer
Mr Mao has been an inspiration to me and literally thousands of farmers in Cambodia and other countries because he leads by example.
Sugar Palm Trees of Cambodia
When you travel in southern Cambodia in January or February you see long, skinny bamboo poles tied up on the tall trunks of a special palm tree that the people allow to grow disbursed in the rice fields. This is the sugar palm tree. Love0 Share Share Share Pin
Finding Water in a Dry Place: Witching/Divining
In eastern Sumba, Indonesia finding water for life can be an unimaginable challenge. A few weeks ago we met villagers whose daily struggle for water included a 3 mile walk and an incredible “rock climb.” To reach water in a sheer-cliff ravine they had to walk at least an hour and then descend about 100…
A Development Dynamo: Rahkmat—Changing the Hearts of People
A few weeks ago I met Rahkmat on the island of Sumba in eastern Indonesia. Sumba can be sad Sumba. It was always a fragile island ecosystem, but now the warmer waters of the Pacific Ocean currents have made the rains even more erratic than before. Two years ago they had another of their recurring…
Amaranth: A Help in Uganda and a Hit with the Kids in Michigan
The name of the plant is amaranth. It’s a high protein grain that has a wonderful balance of amino acids. Mexican Aztecs and Peruvian Incas probably knew more about growing the grain than we know today—it was that important to them. African women farmers like Dorcas and Casee taught me a lot about growing in…
I’m Glad I Went to Burkina Faso to See My Son Josh
My son, Josh in the Peace Corps in Burkina Faso. I’m glad that I went there to be with him for one week in July 2006— to share a bit of this life enriching experience he had. He had it rough—got so dried out that he got kidney stones, so hot he slept outside under…
The Joy of Having a Friend Who Continues Creatively Working with Ideas You Share Together
Alfonso Vallejos has been a friend to me since the mid-1980s. For about 5 years he worked with me while CRWRC was working in Belize. Alfonso, the philosopher-farmer believes that people are called by God to take care of God’s creation. It’s a wonder to see the way he has continued to develop ideas we…