Personal touch

Liam writes:
I'm often asked both here and at home if we would not just be better
giving the money we spend on flights, vaccinations etc, to a big
organization and not traveling.

Some of the DIT group formed connections with local children when here
in August, some new, or some older like Elaine and Daziwan from
Luvovo. One of the newer was Chris and Spy. Spy is a boy who lives
beside Aras Kate, and who is in Standard One in School.

Like most children in the area he has no loving father figure, male
role models, nobody to give him special attention or a little TLC...
until the DIT group came in April.

Today he was shy and silent when I met him? I showed him a picture of
one of the April group and a huge smile lit up his face and he said
Chrisss?? I think his response, or the changes seen in Daziwan (who I
will talk about soon), says enough of the real personal impact some of
the visitors have.

On a tangible level Binna and Joseph from the Lusangazi farm started
telling me last week how it is so good that they we get to learn from
working with each other, because what we learn we bring back to our
villages and our friends and show them. In Joseph's case that means
that up to 1500 people in his poor area learn about irrigation,
vegetables, organic pesticides, composting and healthy living from
just chatting to him or noticing his own garden.


It was Chris's 21st birthday party last weekend, so Spy decided to
send birthday wishes to his Irish best friend.

Unfortunately I missed it myself but Happy Birthday Chris!