A Quote by James Shikwati

Because it's unacceptable that the aid worker's chauffeur only speaks his own tribal language, an applicant is needed who also speaks English fluently - and, ideally, one who is also well mannered. So you end up with some African biochemist driving an aid worker around, distributing European food, and forcing local farmers out of their jobs. That's just crazy!

James Shikwati

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James Shikwati
Kenyan - Economist
Born: 1970

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Lyndon B. Johnson

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Jason Jones

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Eric Schlosser

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Gar Alperovitz

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Brian Behlendorf

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Paul Kagame

To the worker, God himself lends aid.

Euripides

Understanding where your food comes from, trying to bolster local farmers and local economies and having a better connection to the food around you and the people around you, only good can come of that. I love to be involved with things like that.

Amos Lee

The American official was trying to talk about aid and development projects and finally a local tribal chief got up and said, "Even if you turn our country into heaven, we don't want it from you. Just leave us."