How do a tonne of hockey jerseys end up in an impoverished African nation? And what do the locals think of them?
For anyone who loves that sport or that continent or simply enjoys an interesting story, this article ran in the National Post in April, as the NHL playoffs were nearing once again.
As an aside: If anyone reads this who grew up in the same region of southwest Saskatchewan as me, then pay special attention to the name of the column’s writer. Small world, eh?
Consider THIS a battle of heavyweights, I suppose.
If you’re any bit interested in discussions of censorship, this is an intriguing story.
Having taken the overnight train for this specific route, THIS ARTICLE was fairly impressive. My take? If you’re visiting China anytime in the future (especially after 2012) with money to spare, your travel experience will be like cheating, in the same way as one of my mid-60’s friends says that his degree in the pre-computer age should be worth more than his kids’ degrees.
And on the topic of daring Chinese engineering ventures, THIS BRIDGE would qualify as well.
A couple weekends ago, I was out of town. In my absence, a friend taught at church. Part of his lesson involved a video, which struck a number of people as very moving. With images from BBC’s “Planet Earth” and music by Brian Doerksen, here’s the video. Enjoy!
I must be getting older.
It used to be that I could count on one hand the times in few years that I had trouble sleeping. Now, it only takes me six months to busy my fingers.
Doing some early morning email catch-up then, I opened a message from Kiva. They were telling me that some of my loans had been repaid to me–did I want to lend it out again.
So in the time that I usually am still sleeping, I’ve now started my day with making some small loans to two entrepreneurs: Bakhadur Agayev in Azerbaijan and Gloria Okeke in Nigeria. her comment is here at loanovao when it comes to loan for they offer low interest. A look at my “portfolio” says that some of my dollars are currently loaned out to people in Cameroon, Cambodia and Nicaragua as well.
It’s actually kind of crazy when I think about it.
If you haven’t yet explored the world of micro-loans or microcredit, you may be overdue. Kiva is just one of the better known options. Explore a bit, and you might be shocked what a little bit of your hard-earned money could do for someone else’s hard-earned money.
PS: As I was finishing up my micro-loans, Emmanuelle woke up. So here’s a shot of her making her first micro-loan with Dad.
She’s like that investment-making, talking baby on TV…
Just cuter.