Not sure why I’ve chosen to post this today. I am troubled, deeply, by the billions of people worldwide who will go to bed tonight hungry, fearful for their safety, or sick from disease. These days, it’s not worth mentioning the statistics concerning how many people live on less than $2/day. I even hesitate to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘poverty’
Terrorism, poverty, and violence
January 25th, 2010
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It’s not that poverty doesn’t move them, but more correctly it is an interpretation of poverty that radicalizes (and is itself radical). When I started my studies at the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies, I made the mistake of joking with a German colleague. We were discussing “terrorism” as a theoretical [...]
Five myths around disaster relief
January 19th, 2010
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Edward Brown, relief director for World Vision, debunks five myths around disaster relief. I offer my thoughts on each point in place of Brown’s remarks. This came in the form of a Facebook note: 1. Collecting blankets, shoes and clothing is a cost-effective way to help – When I worked with The 1010 Project, we [...]
Poorism
January 4th, 2010
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Ode Magazine, which I once subscribed to, ran a story this past April called “Slum tours: Traveling off the beaten path” detailing the rise of what some have dubbed “poorism”, or traipsing through the slums of this planet for an alternative travel experience. Coming from Ode, I figured that this would be a hit piece [...]
Kenya Series – The Myth of Western Superiority
July 15th, 2009
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I’ve been with The 1010 Project for a little over a year. At the same time, I was working my way through graduate school at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. At the office, I learned about humanitarian work by doing, and through discussions with those who had been [...]
Call. Response?
July 14th, 2009
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This one came in from my buddy Ryan Linstrom, who is in the Holy Land working an internship. If you’re interested, give him a bell. Thanks. “Call. Response? I received an email from Robert, a Ugandan friend, last evening asking for support for some projects he is working on, specifically for his mother and some [...]
The Denver Dispatch of Doom – Vol. 11 (Kenya Edition)
July 13th, 2009
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Hello all, I hope this letter finds you healthy and happy. I’ve eaten a great deal of celery in the past week, a fact for which I have no explanation. I am back from Africa! In my work with The 1010 Project, I’ve spent a lot of time telling the stories of social entrepreneurs and [...]
Tim’s Going to Kenya
June 5th, 2009
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OK. So I take off on Monday morning for Kenya. That’s in 3 days. Got a few things to do. I’m traveling with a team from The 1010 Project, a humanitarian organization here in Denver. We partner with creative and innovative social entrepreneurs in the developing world to break the cycle of poverty. As the [...]
