Food, Disease and Poverty in Africa
Today we are looking at TAGS in Nikki P’s 30 day blogging challenge and oh if you missed yesterday’s posthere it is . Nikki describes TAGS as key words for your blog and advises that each posts should...
View ArticleThe most commented on posts on Ethnic Supplies
I thought I would do something different in this post! Compile a list of 5 posts that have received the most comments How much do folk in the Western world know about fairtrade - in this post I...
View ArticlePoverty in Africa is not about money stupid
Yes I know, a strange statement to make and over the next few days I will explain myself and hopefully it will make sense. An awful lot of money has been poured into Africa by way of loans and grants …...
View ArticlePoverty in Africa- the case for clean water
Last week I wrote about my visit to Dar es Salaam Tanzania and conversations I had with Omari from the Investment Facility for Africa, as well as Ethnic Supplies textile producers Flotea and Elihaika....
View ArticlePoverty in Africa- please share your skills with us
Over the past two weeks I have written about my travels in East Africa last year and what poverty in Africa is really like and shared the views of folk I work with on the ground. In the last thread …...
View ArticlePoverty in africa- some after thoughts
If you have followed my blog the over the past week, you are now at the end of my journey through East Africa. Leaving Africa I headed back to the UK where I live with a renewed sense of I MUST DO …...
View ArticleBlog Action Day 09- Climate change and poverty
oday is 15 October 2009 and Blog Action Day 09 is here! Blog Action day sees bloggers around the world write blogs on an issue that affects humanity and this year the theme is CLIMATE CHANGE I thought...
View ArticleUgandan kids aren’t just like slightly poorer British kids
If you are a regular here you may be aware by now that I blog at BIRDS ON THE BLOG. I recently wrote about appropriate gifts to send an African child and the discussion that followed led to one of …...
View Article100 year’s of International Women’s day- Jacqueline’s story
In these series we celebrate 100 years of International Women’s day by looking at the lives of the women behind the fabulous products at Ethnic Supplies Yesterday we met Lillian and I would like to...
View ArticlePoverty- what’s God got to do with it
It is Day 11 of the 30 day blog challenge and I must say I have failed in today’s post! My challenge was to find a guest to write today’s task but found no takers..so I have to write today’s … Continue...
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