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Why Self-reliant Groups
Posted on 26th January 2021 | Uncategorized
I was preparing recently for a talk about Self-reliant groups around the world and I thought it was worth a short article on why they are such a good thing – especially right now.
I had the privilege of visiting groups in India 7 years ago and in Uganda 4 years …
The Case for Microfinance in the UK
Posted on 3rd December 2020 | Uncategorized
Microfinance is a third world term. It began there, in Bangladesh, and became spectacularly successful as a means of breaking cycles of poverty and debt in poor communities and enabling people to build their own futures, rather than remain dependent on predatory lenders or well-meaning programmes of help.
In the UK …
Cardiff Christmas Market
Posted on 17th November 2020 | Uncategorized
Quite unbelievably given the circumstances this time around, Cardiff Christmas Market was not cancelled. Cardiff and Wales should probably get more accolades for preserving this great Christmas tradition in spite of everything. This makes us possibly almost unique in Europe in having our Christmas market as normal. The atmosphere in …
Building Back Better – Some Suggestions
Posted on 29th June 2020 | Uncategorized
Introduction:
After a forest fire, recovery begins at the bottom
In the rush to rebuild our economy following the damage caused by the Covid 19 lockdown, there is a danger that we will hastily patch up what was there before and follow the same paradigms and economic mantras, in the mistaken belief …