Poverty, and the paralysis of the professional aid worker
November 15, 2008
Coming into Saigon from the Mekong delta, I was travelling with my colleague in our comfy four wheel drive, and as we stopped at a traffic light on the fringe of Saigon, I was startled by a five year old girl tapping on the car window, in the middle of heavy chaotic traffic, begging for money. [Read more]
How the other 90% live
November 13, 2008
I’ve been “out in the field” visiting little villages in the North and South in the Mekong, listening to women speak about their economic, political, social and familial situations.
I have to say, I found the poverty and living conditions confronting, with people still living in stilt houses, made from found materials. [Read more]
Ian Luff
Bernard Bratusa
Jeff McGill