Blog – When Poverty Decides Who Gets to Grow Old
I was eleven when I realized I was no longer really a child. Not because someone told me so, but because I found myself asking: “Who is going to take care of us now?” My name is Primrose Julius, and I come from Headlands, a rural community in Zimbabwe. Headlands is beautiful, with farms, mountains, […]
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Blog – What if school were different? Lessons from the kanthari Exposure Trip
Every year, kanthari participants step out of the classroom and into the real world for our annual Exposure Trip. The purpose is simple: to collect best practices. Participants visit inspiring organisations, meet changemakers, ask questions, observe closely, and explore what makes an initiative effective, sustainable, and rooted in the needs of its community. This year […]
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Blog – The Classroom I Tried to Escape – Ian Brian Mugabi – Uganda
By six in the evening, my mother should have been resting. She had already spent the day standing in front of children, repeating instructions, marking books and raising her voice above the noise of a classroom. But at home in Kagadi, her working day was not over. I remember our small table. Exercise books would […]
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Blog – After the Flood – the Courage to Clear a Path
For the past week, I have not been sleeping well. The ‘wave dreams’ I used to have during my university years, and again when Paul and I first lived in Tibet, have returned. I think the dreams have returned partly because of the terrible news from the Nepal–Tibet border region, an area we know well […]
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Blog – What if training moves beyond the classroom? – Mary Mutua – Kenya
This blog post is written by Mary Mutua from Kenya. She is a 2023 kanthari graduate and the founder of twajali. An NGO that seeks to address the problem of marginalized youth in slums and semi-urban areas in Kenya being highly susceptible to crime, drug abuse, and prostitution while searching for livelihood opportunities. Using hospitality […]
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