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Notes from the Field
Guatemala
Tuesday September 16, 2008
Posted by: CARE at 12:29PM EST on September 16, 2008
My first lesson in the realities of poverty and global inequality came on a trip to Guatemala when I was four years old. My father, a doctor, had volunteered for a rural medical project, and brought his young family along.
The country was a riot of unfamiliar colors, smells, and sounds for a child’s senses. The joyfully clattering melodies of the marimba. The bustling marketplaces, where meat came not wrapped in cellophane, but on two or four legs. The destinations called out in sing-song voices by boys hanging precariously from brightly painted buses. “Gua-te, Gua-te, Gua-te-ma-la!” they’d shout, as they departed for the capital. I had no idea that these children, only a few years older than I, worked to help their families survive, at the price of a missed education. ... (more) Thursday April 24, 2008
Posted by: CARE at 2:50PM EST on April 24, 2008
“Extreme poverty can be ended in our lifetime.”
If you believe this, you are: a) Optimistic bordering on delusional. b) A rock star with a cause. c) A liberal policy wonk. d) A level-headed realist who believes humans have the capacity and creativity to solve tough problems.
Maybe ending poverty isn’t such a nutty idea. ... (more) |
