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• Doing no harm

  0 comments Mar 17, 2010

  It’s imperative when doing international development work not to impose our paradigm on theirs. Last week I listened to a Millennium Promise webinar on sustainable energy sources for rural villages in Africa- very impressed by their quantitative and qualitative research and knowledge- Vijay was among the world’s foremost experts on the subject, and extremely knowledgeable [...]

• Hats off to Ned Breslin

  0 comments Feb 15, 2010

  Hats off to Ned Breslin for speaking the truth about problems in financing and implementing water projects…. http://www.casefoundation.org/blog/rethinking-hydro-philanthropy We wrote a letter to Mr. Breslin informing him of our water project, asking for his assistance at this early stage of our venture, seeking his guidance and helping us ensure that as we approach small villages [...]