As we awaited dry weather, some initiatives were on hold. Now they’ve resumed, and I am happy to tell you about recent actions. From the time we began these projects, we’ve aimed to develop approaches to drought-proof farming to sustain rural life, even as weather becomes increasingly difficult. Exploring new
Dear Debra, Greetings from Tanzania! Sometimes development work follows a set plan. But other times, opportunities appear when we become aware of a new hardship or challenge the people are experiencing. It is then a creative response can arise. And there is a wish to take action. This is possible
Dear Debra, In the Maasai community, the people hear the call for collaboration loud and clear. Together, we take a creative, flexible approach to making life better. If homes are healthier with stoves and solar, why not make the water safer too? If herders can adapt to diminishing rainfall, why
How a daring Maasai leader and an American physics professor organize to improve life in rural Africa Meet Kisioki Moitiko, ICSEE project manager and Dr. Robert Lange, ICSEE founder. Come to talks in the Boston area, San Francisco/Stanford, San Diego, Laguna Nigel, Annapolis/DC, and New York City, with details to
I am in the States for two weeks in August to be with family, returning to Arusha later in the month. In mid-October of 2024 Kisioki and I will be coming to the various cities in the state to speak about the ICSEE. Our tentative schedule is posted below. If
The work Mesha is doing is intensifying. She’s organizing women into groups for resource sharing and business development in collaboration with the Global Fund for Widows and with dedicated ICSEE funds. Basic stove and solar work will get a boost from a new collaboration with our friends, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency in
Can a rain-based, livestock-based economy survive when changing climate means the traditional livestock practices won’t work anymore? Indigenous communities are held in high regard for their understanding of the nature in which they live they. However, when nature changes, what is to be done? We must not hesitate to share
Here is a snapshot of what International Development looks like in the here and now for the International Collaborative. Perhaps in the future, it will evolve to become quite different, but in the present, people are working together and creatively adapting to make life better. And surprising opportunities emerge. We
New Education Program for Cypress Hill A significant social need There are many young people who need to repeat parts of the national exams to get the scores up to what they need to carry on with their life plans. They can retake the exams, but first need help to
Can women’s empowerment be measured? Is it obvious when a woman is empowered? A woman empowered simply has more power. And power is the capacity, opportunity, and freedom to act, when the action is to achieve something she herself values and wants to accomplish. To have more power, it need not
