Client-Centered Impact Analysis

Both of these readings are extremely applicable to my particular aspect of La Ceiba this semester, impact.   Which is why...

True Impact

Both “In MFI, Clients Must Come First” and “Real Good, Not Feel Good,” reiterate the points made in the Illich...

Intentions in Development Involvement

Mission trips, alternative spring breaks and various other volunteer trips all have one thing in common – the benevolence those...

Accepting Self-Interest and Why it’s Important to Success

It would be both pretentious and unrealistic to describe who I am in words. I could tell you my name,...

Cultural Relativism Leads to Self-Doubt

Illich is troubling, no doubt about that.  Especially his point that we’re working with people who can’t tell us to...

Infinity and Beyond

Who am I? Shawn Gillis, a sophomore and a pessimist. I spend an unhealthy amount of time on the computer...

First, do no harm

You never know quite what to expect. You may have an idea of what you’ll find when you get on...