Archives December 2016

http://www.canadianmennonite.org/stories/egyptian-radiologist-seeks-help-salam-medical-centre
Thanks to Dick Benner for all of your help. Hopefully there will be many more years of great connections between SMC and Mennos! 🙂
(FYI – The article is also in the CM issue that just came out.)
For more details, go to www.smcegypt.org. 

https://oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/on-webinars-prayer-and-transformational-development-an-hour-with-world-vision/
Wondering about how cake and maps fit into development? Interesting reflections on how international NGOs engage both with local partners and local communities. How do power dynamics affect processes? How can things be improved? Worth reading. 🙂

https://www.greenparty.ca/en/the-real-questions
Alternate electoral reform survey – very short and simple. Fill it in and spread the word. Thanks!

The Guardian: Egypt: three days of mourning declared after 25 people killed in Cairo bomb. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIww4zk8zA
It’s a sad day for Egypt today. The need for peacebuilding and cooperation seems greater every day, especially on days like this.

CBC News: Portland to raise taxes on companies where CEO earns 100 times what workers do. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwybPa7DA
Great idea! Makes me wonder if this has been done anywhere else in the past. It’s a pretty concrete way to make a statement on financial inequality.  I’d love to see it become much more common. 🙂

http://oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/friday-rant-why-does-everyone-mix-up-aid-and-development/
Anybody else agree that more clear terminology is needed?!? 🙂