Family and community

  • 20th August 2010
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A close friend of mine has just announced that she is having a baby, and it made me reflect on the African proverb “It takes a village to bring up a child” and more generally on the concept of family and community. What defines a community? What creates it? Supports it? Enables it, and, by […]

Question 2

  • 20th August 2010
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What makes you feel that you really “belong” in a community?

American Indian Proverb

  • 20th August 2010
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Only when the last tree has been cut down; Only when the last river has been poisoned; Only when the last fish has been caught; Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten.