Tall Skinny Kiwi (Andrew Jones) draws attention to the organization Kiva today. If you are not yet familiar with Kiva, please check out their website (the “about” tab has lots of information). While I know there are some people who question the micro-finance system as a whole (see the first comment on Andrew’s post), I [...]
Last month, I wrote about William Kamkwamba on my blog here and here. I was thrilled to see that his book is #10 on the Amazon Editors’ Pick list. I highly recommend the book. He describes his family and life in Malawi with detail and affection. The description of how his family survived a famine [...]
Dr. Ellen Davis (Professor of Bible and Practical Theology at Duke Divinity) has been spearheading a partnership with Renk Theological College in Southern Sudan. Listen to her describe what the Sudanese prioritized for their theological training, and why: A FEW YEARS AGO, when I asked the head of Renk Theological College in Southern Sudan to [...]
Definitely worth the six minutes to watch William Kamkwamba’s TED talk. This July 2009 video is worth a million words. You can also see his original 2007 TED talk about his first windmill from their archive here. TED also has an expanded bio and other links here. From those links (definitely watch the short documentary): [...]
We support a young man in Malawi so that he can attend school, etc. I was thrilled, then, to hear about William Kamkwamba. Check out his website and the just-released book about his incredible project. We need to hear more stories like this. William Kamkwamba was born in Malawi, Africa, a country plagued by AIDS [...]
Ben Byerly’s blog Confluence has started an important conversation about the challenges facing African theologians. Ben is a PhD candidate at NEGST (Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology) in Kenya. He was born in Switzerland, but raised in Congo and Liberia and has lived in Africa about half his life. He seems (at least to [...]
Erik Hersman, who grew up in Kenya and Sudan, is the White African, and his blog is a great read. This week he posts 15 tips for traveling to Africa. His suggestions are great, but be sure to read the comments as they are just as useful. You should also trek on over to his [...]
