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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated

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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (285498)12/27/2008 5:08:20 PM
From: LindyBill   of 793927
 
A key passage:


This time in Malawi it was the same. I met no missionaries. You do not encounter missionaries in the lobbies of expensive hotels discussing development strategy documents, as you do with the big NGOs. But instead I noticed that a handful of the most impressive African members of the Pump Aid team (largely from Zimbabwe) were, privately, strong Christians. "Privately" because the charity is entirely secular and I never heard any of its team so much as mention religion while working in the villages.


The NGO's have become "just another Gov aide program." That's because of the nature now of the animal. And this article goes back to what I know will work. Internal change. The problem they have is the educated ones either leave or become part of the ruling class. Then continue the misery.
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