Friday, May 18, 2007

Save the Children



The following is a classic example of the large NGOs that throw money at Africa without really creating much meaningful change.

The first picture shows a Save the Children exercise book. These books are donated to schools, and thus not for sale. The next picture is Chiso and Temwa with a couple of these books. The Sibales bought 10 yesterday. Apparently you used to be able to buy them in stores, but the police confiscated too many (since of course selling them is illegal). You can still buy them all over the place, but now you have to either buy them from headmasters directly, or find someone else who is selling them.

Don’t worry; we don’t sell any of your donated goods for profit here at MCV.

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