Rhett Butler may not have cared what Scarlett O’Hara thought of him, (“Frankly, my dear…”) but most of us are concerned about how we are seen by the world. Anyone who has lived with an alcoholic knows about putting on a brave face, pretending everything is normal, and dreading the judgment of strangers and friends alike. Grace […]

There’s no business like small business start-ups for getting you back on your feet. That’s the conclusion we’ve reached at our mental health project in northern Uganda. As part of the counselling we give people dealing with trauma and emotional issues, we offer training in setting up a small business. (These are called income-generating or […]

Depending on when you were a child, an adult probably told you to finish your meal because less fortunate children were starving in India, Biafra or Ethiopia. If you grew up in a relatively high-income country as I did, this may have marked the beginning of your awareness that you were comparatively privileged. The scale […]