The rancid odor of an barely existing, hardly breathing, rotting and dying human being, wallowing away in human urine, fecal matter and neglect, is something that I never thought would experience became a hard and fast reality in my life with the image, odor, and memory that has been branded in my mind and heart [...]

As an elementary teacher in Bergen County, it was customary to have a yearly budget with which I’d purchase school supplies for my classroom. It was a pretty hefty budget of $400-500. One of things taken for granter when living in Northern NJ is that our classrooms are very well-stocked, well-lit, clean and decorated. Pre-school [...]

Before I left for my South Africa trip this year, I had mixed feelings about the fact that I would have to spend my 32nd birthday in South Africa. Little did I know, God had different idea about my birthday this year and I could never have imagined what it was that God would teach [...]

Vezuthando means "to show love" in Zulu and that’s exactly what a group of young adults are doing in Germany. The "Zimele of Germany," but officially known as Vezuthando here they are in their own words: We are an organization of young adults, who follow the goal of supporting community driven social development in Africa, [...]

Zimele has launched a new course targeted towards our SHG members, volunteers and their dependants. The Life Skills course covers a range of topics that are inline with Zimele’s Self-Reliance programs and include: Conflict Resolution Communication Skills Human Nature Forgiveness Relationships World View African Renaissance Vision and Goal Setting Leadership Work Ethics Active Citizenship Principles [...]

The vast unemployed and unemployable matriculates in the Swayimane and surrounding areas pose a threat to the well being of the society. This results from lack of mere job market related skills like computer skills and computer literacy. In urban schools this is not an issue since learners are equipped with such skills throughout their [...]

I don’t know enough to say whether Mills will be better for the country of Ghana than [...]]]>

Before Christmas I returned, after 45 years, to the country that as a boy I knew as Nyasaland. Today it’s Malawi, and The Times Christmas Appeal includes a small British charity working there. Pump Aid [...]]]>

I always find it interesting to read the perspective of those from different parts of the world, especially this year as I reflect on the events of the past [...]]]>

This was a little over a week after the same Central Bank released a 500 million dollar bill for [...]]]>