Adventures of a Retired Armchair Traveler
A blog by congogirl
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Reporting and musing on events and culture in the Great Lakes since 2004
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Now the sparkle has gone out of my Goma cheese, too.
Blood cheese? Conflict cows? Seriously - I have never bought or asked for a diamond ring, although occasionally I've thought about it. I haven't bought a cell phone in years by just begging other people's hand-me-downs. I don't own a PlayStation or Wii or anything like that. I haven't even owned a
Here's a genius solution to bribes.
An NGO suggests printing a zero-rupee note.Considering dollars are accepted everywhere in DR Congo, perhaps we could import some PLENTYs as an alternative bribery currency. Then, they could be spent, but only in Pittsboro, North Carolina and a couple joints in surrounding towns...
To anyone that has a problem with USG support to Haiti relief eff
[Answering someone's comment somewhere else]The US does not give more money to other countries than its own. Historically US foreign aid is the lowest percent of GDP among western countries.Around $116b was pledged by the USG for Katrina, and around $100m was pledged for Haiti post-earthquake (over a 100-fold difference). I
This post perfectly describes my new approach to charity
African Heroes: stories of brave badasses - Why street kids may not go to school, even if you pay for itDon't tell people what to do. If you want to help them, trust them to figure out what their own immediate needs are. If you don't agree with their choices,
Relatives of Americans missing in Haiti angry - Yahoo! News
"This is the United States of America. They perform miracles all across the world ... Where's our miracle?" Relatives of Americans missing in Haiti angry - Yahoo! NewsUmmm - does Haiti get a miracle? Or only the parents of the missing Florida girl?
NO KIDDING! Poor DR Congo offers aid to Haiti
BBC News - Poor DR Congo offers aid to HaitiThe Democratic Republic of Congo has announced it is sending $2.5m (£1.5m) in emergency aid to Haiti, to help it cope with last week's earthquake.Some Congolese have criticised the offer. After years of conflict, which is still raging in the east,
BBC News - Rwanda politician prompts row over genocide memorial
BBC News - Rwanda politician prompts row over genocide memorialDuring the 100-day genocide, Hutu militias systematically killed about 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus. But opposition politician Victoire Ingabire, who has returned to Rwanda for the first time since the genocide, says Hutus were also killed by Tutsis.Genocide survivors group Ibuka
Haiti
Now 200,000 estimated dead from Haiti earthquake.
Why oh why, Nicholas
Must you put a plug for your book (2nd para) in what is essentially a plea for us to become involved in helping people in Haiti (last para)?Our Basic Human Pleasures: Food, Sex and Giving Also - in case you want to save some time - the only mention of sex in the op-ed
Hypothetically speaking
If you're in Bunia in prison, or if they let you out of prison and kept all your stuff, but you're in a hotel without any of your stuff, and you call your embassy thousands of miles away, they probably cannot help you directly.If you drove through Virunga National Park
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