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Comment on Sucru Island, Lake Victoria, Kenya by Pete Larson

Pete Larson — Thu, 24 May 2012 11:15:50 +0000

One would assume so. The economics of the fishing industry is, on the surface, quite counter-intuitive.

As for sanitation, I lay the blame on the islanders themselves. An NGO did come in and install toilets and a clean water system, but went unused. Locals along Lake Vic will happily opt to defecate in the open over a toilet, and willingly drink the out of the Lake not but ten feet away from where they just shat. We can blame it on poor education, snakes, heat or whatever, but, truthfully, the situation is truly frustrating.

Comment on Sucru Island, Lake Victoria, Kenya by Victoria Hotels

Victoria Hotels — Tue, 22 May 2012 11:38:49 +0000

It is kind of Ironic that the fish from Sucru Island reaches European markets yet the standards of living in the Island are quite low. Seems like the local authorities that have been given the role of facilitating development projects on the island have failed at their job. I think that with a resource such as a lake that has fish, Sucru locals should not be lacking basic needs such as decent housing and sanitation.

Comment on Rising Commodity Prices Starve Kenyan Children by Vendors in the Mbita Market, Downtown Mbita « Freewheel Burning

Vendors in the Mbita Market, Downtown Mbita « Freewheel Burning — Sat, 19 May 2012 14:21:42 +0000

[...] couple of days ago, I wrote about prices in the local market. In that post there were some pictures of some local sellers. To be fair, I printed them out and [...]

Comment on Food Week Post 2: How a Few Guys on Wall Street Control the Price of Food by Rising Commodity Prices Starve Kenyan Children « Freewheel Burning

Rising Commodity Prices Starve Kenyan Children « Freewheel Burning — Wed, 16 May 2012 04:50:47 +0000

[...] world markets, however, is only part of the equation. The situation is made worse, for example, by US policy which rewards speculation in commodities on Wall Street, a practice that was illegal before [...]

Comment on Zanzibar by Elena

Elena — Thu, 10 May 2012 21:11:59 +0000

stunning! I miss Zanzibar and Stone Town ..

Comment on Tanzania – Sumbwanga Rural by kumasaki

kumasaki — Wed, 02 May 2012 12:07:29 +0000

Hello,

It is true that the Africa’s image is often, intentionally or unintentionally, distorted so that they are portrayed as being primitive and ignorant. Being poor or having few opportunities does not mean that they never have the potential to be successful. People often make a illogical speculative leap. I feel like I am not free as they are for some reason, or is this just naivety?

Comment on Shuji Watanabe, 1972 (?) – 2012 by mikey2ct

mikey2ct — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:23:07 +0000

It’s tough losing friends especially at such a young age.

Comment on Guest Blog (and post 300!): The Joys of Eating at the World Bank by 0ivae

0ivae — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:25:12 +0000

Sounds almost as good as dinner with the Weather Underground!…

http://dailycaller.com/2012/02/06/text-of-menu-from-thedcs-dinner-with-bill-ayers-and-bernadine-dohrn/

Comment on Mikey Wild 194? – 2011 by Pete Larson

Pete Larson — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:40:45 +0000

Steve!

Great to hear from you and thanks for reading! I’ll have to make it out to Havre one day.

Hope you are good, man.

Comment on Mikey Wild 194? – 2011 by hesske

hesske — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:35:07 +0000

Hi Pete! I’m still rockin’. Good piece on Mikey W.