They say a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. I took mine and fell flat on my face. As a young woman, I dreamed of changing the world. In my twenties, I went to africa to try and save the continent, only to learn that Africans neither wanted nor needed saving. Indeed, when I was there, I saw some of the worst that good intentions, traditional charity, and aid can produce...
I concluded that if I could only nudge the world a little bit, maybe that would be enough.
But nudging isn't enough.
Tags: charity advocacy social-change
Though either choice was good, one was truer to myself... Ultimately, I reflected on Geothe's invocation to 'make a commitment and the forces of the universe will conspire to make it happen' and chose the uncharted path.
Jacqueline NovogratzWhy do some people stop growing at age 30, just going from work to the couch and television, when others stay vibrant, curious, almost childlike into their nineties?
Jacqueline NovogratzYou should focus on being more interested than interesting.
Jacqueline NovogratzHow you see where you are always depends on where you've been.
Jacqueline NovogratzIn today's world, the elites are growing even more comfortable with one another across national lines, yet at the same time, less comfortable with low-income people who share their nationality. How we create those bonds of community that are truly global as well as national is one of our generation's great challenges.
Jacqueline NovogratzTags: interconnectedness
Poverty is too complex to be answered with a one-size-fits-all approach, and if there is any place that illustrates that complexity, as well as a better way forward, it is Rwanda.
Jacqueline NovogratzTags: poverty-alleviation
If we have learned anything, it is the horror that can happen when people don't think for themselves, but instead follow authority blindly.
Jacqueline NovogratzI've learned that there is no currency like trust and no catalyst like hope. There is nothing worse for building relationships than pandering, on one hand, and preaching, on the other. And the most important quality we must all strengthen in ourselves is that of a deep human empathy, for that will provide the most hope of all--and the foundation for our collective survival.
Jacqueline NovogratzTags: humanity society introspection strengthening-relationships
Poverty is not only about income levels, but for lack of freedom that comes from physical insecurity
Jacqueline NovogratzTags: freedom poverty international-development insecurity
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