Diversity and inclusion: Challenge your perceptions
Imagine it’s 10pm. You hear a noise outside and open the door to find your house surrounded by armed militia. You are dragged forcefully from your home, away from ...
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International CU development: Trust-building lessons from African CUs
“Not only is another world possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.” Arundhati Roy Arundhati’s quote reminds us to slow down ...
International CU development: Unintended consequences from malaria
One moment the streets are clear and dry. Suddenly the sky dumps its full buckets onto the parched open hands of the dirt. It is rainy malaria season in Uganda. ...
International CU development: Culture lessons from an African frog
Assignments to remote African credit unions present interesting lodging arrangements. There are no hotels in places like Senegal’s Ndiaw Ndiaw Village, a six-hour drive from Dakar, into the Sahel ...
International CU development: Lessons in strategic planning from Zimbabwe freedom fighters
Zimbabwe, located between Malawi and South Africa, is slightly larger than Montana with a population of 11,393,000. Years of civil war against white minority rule and a Freedom ...