Sharing the Burden

Please take a few moments to read this on-line article about the "white man's burden."

The author concludes thusly:

But the trick for aid organizations that want to sustain commitment and work effectively with the developing world is to ensure that the sense of empowerment among their supporters doesn't involve a feeling that aid recipients are powerless. The message -- and the truth -- is that aid works when it supports people in the developing world in their immense, ongoing, and incredibly successful efforts to make their own lives better.

I am proud of the Eastern Africa Jesuits and proud to have been part of the inauguration of a school that truly captures the best sort of empowerment here.