Today is one of those days where my patience is running very thin! I understand that patience is a virtue but there are times when I want to explode and this is one of them! I just finished reading an article about a well-known individual sharing their views on how we will end world poverty. First of all, the comments are so academic that it would take another PhD to understand what is being said and all of it is theory. Additionally, I would challenge this person to spend more than 2 weeks on the ground of a developing nation.
It is great to sit in an office and come up with theoretical rhetoric it is another when you are on the ground figuring out how to undo the damage these people have caused and continue to cause!!
How about coming up with usable solutions, in collaboration with those needing assistance, instead of million dollar theories that do not have a chance in #@$% of succeeding? How about asking those of us who have spent years on the ground finding the workable solutions? How about respecting people enough to understand they already know what they need?
People may have independence but they are not independent as long as they depend on others to solve their problems.
--Debra
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