Month: August 2015
Untangling the World and Our Communities
(Picture: A Ukrainian community takes action to build a playground) The world appears to be wrapped in a web of diplomatic deception and intrigue, while our communities are cloaked in a clutter of jargon and empty phrases.
Dawda Foundation Gambia by Eric Corstjens
(Giving thanks for new water system – supported by Dawda Foundation Gambia) The Dawda Foundation Gambia is a Community-Based non-governmental organization established in 2010 as a Charitable Foundation registered in Holland. The founders, Eric and Mariette Corstjens, through the Village Development Committee (VDC ) started cooperation with the people of Somita in 2007 and this […]
Unleashing the power of people
(Picture – My friend and his children) The plight of a young friend from The Gambia epitomizes for me much of what is wrong in the world.