tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601303650220450100.post887786597265921378..comments2021-09-28T02:24:06.085-06:00Comments on Binnu in Malawi: Oh There They Are! (the mud huts)Binnuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12904173285270263836noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601303650220450100.post-82958264442035025552008-09-29T10:56:00.000-06:002008-09-29T10:56:00.000-06:00Hey Graham!Thanks for your comment! I have started...Hey Graham!<BR/>Thanks for your comment! I have started reading the Oxfam document, and it is a pretty neat analysis of change and super-relevant to what I want to do in Canada.<BR/>As for your quote, thanks for picking up on it! I found out that blogspot doesn't like angle brackets, so I fixed that (I replaced your use of "Dorothy" with "poor/poverty"). I hope it makes more sense now!<BR/>Hope things are going great for you!<BR/>Take Care,<BR/>BinnuBinnuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12904173285270263836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601303650220450100.post-57344991113930566742008-09-29T03:03:00.000-06:002008-09-29T03:03:00.000-06:00Coach,I love the blog. You put people front and c...Coach,<BR/><BR/>I love the blog. You put people front and centre and it really shows through in the way you write. Beautiful.<BR/><BR/>As for Graham, don't worry, nobody understands him. :)<BR/><BR/>Hope you are well, and thanks for the plug.<BR/><BR/>JPJohnPaul Portellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13869315974427977376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601303650220450100.post-7942438764259556732008-09-05T12:18:00.000-06:002008-09-05T12:18:00.000-06:00Binnu,I loved your article. Making people your foc...Binnu,<BR/><BR/>I loved your article. Making people your focus was a brilliant choice, and a perfectly fitting choice for yourself being the consummate people-person that you are.<BR/><BR/>I wish you all the very best now that you're back in Canada. On the development front, I can help but think that you should read "Development as Freedom" by Amartya Sen who talks about development in the same terms that you have in your article--the freedom for people to choose and do the things that will better their quality of life. Also, google Oxfam: How Change Happens;<BR/>Interdisciplinary Perspectives for Human Development for a really good article on all the different things that go into social change-- this article really took my thinking to a whole new, and a very optimistic, perspective.<BR/><BR/>Ok, enough. Thanks for writing, Binnu.<BR/><BR/>Graham <BR/><BR/>PS I read the quote that you had from me--I think it might be a bit mangled, or the punctuation is off; I didn't understand it too well (is that because I don't really understand myself?)<BR/><BR/>~gGraham Lettnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05039933377461549675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601303650220450100.post-40543823225939882672008-09-05T09:06:00.000-06:002008-09-05T09:06:00.000-06:00Hi Binnu,I would like to re-publish a portion of y...Hi Binnu,<BR/>I would like to re-publish a portion of your blog regarding Kate Harawa on the Water For People blog. Would that be ok? Thanks! EileenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com