May 24, 2009
Scenes like this are not uncommon in Addis, this example only a few minute walk from our office. I suspect it is not uncommon in many African cities. My initial guess would be that the resources and public pressure to avoid such localized pollution are lacking in large, developing country cities. Infrastructure is hard to [...]
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March 25, 2009
Easily one of my favorite people here, and we don’t even understand each other. Asegedech lives next door to our workshop. 7 people share 3 beds in their tiny 2 room house. The walls are eroding because it leaks during the rainy season. The floor is a patchwork of fragments of different linoleum styles. Of [...]
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