Regular readers know I post on Mondays, but I am going to be posting other things on other days when I feel it is appropriate. This is very appropriate: A very honest look at what poverty is, from a friend currently in Kampala. I’m looking forward to the rest of the series.
For me living in Kampala, it is impossible to not notice the material poverty of the average citizen, certainly when I compare it to my own standard of living both back in the UK, and even how I live here in Uganda. I would like to dedicate a few blog posts to communicating the thoughts, questions and issues that I have found this wealth gap generates. These posts should be pretty honest and conversational. The aim isn’t for me to provide answers or logical arguments but to document what’s going on in my head, even when I know it’s not the full story (and it will never be the full story).
After numerous failed attempts to solve the poverty of third world countries, the world bank decided that perhaps it’s lack of success may be attributed to its poor understanding of what poverty actually was. I mean, these guys worked…
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