The Power of Pencils: Will You Help Me Send Two Malagasy Girls to School?

This past week, I camped in a fragment of forest near a village called Bevoahazo, and I nurtured a dream. As my colored pencils wore down to nubs, this dream grew stronger. I want to raise $1,200 and send two Malagasy girls to high-school for a year. Will you help me?The kids...

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Menja: An Interview with the Soul of Team Tsitsidy

"Show me how you dance!"That would be Raboavola Bernadette, known to everyone as Menja. You're likely to find her stirring up Field Cake over the fire, painting her face with handmade sunblock from the masonjoany tree, or inciting a dance party.Menja shows off her masonjoany during...

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First Quarterly Report: Three Months on the Watson

The Watson Foundation doesn't require much in the way of deliverables. The only products it requests are four quarterly reports in the form of "long letters home" and a short presentation at our final conference. Here's the first of those reports.First Quarterly ReportDate:...

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An Unexpected Safari

A day in South Africa was not part of the plan.My flight from Campo Grande to São Paulo went smoothly, and the nine-hour redeye from São Paulo to Johannesburg was only delayed by an hour and a half. Turns out, ninety minutes can change a lot.When I arrived in South Africa,...

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