Comments for Kate Cummings http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/kcummings Vital Voices in Kenya Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:16:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on In Uniform by Mary Yerrick http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/kcummings/blog/2009/08/29/in-uniform/#comment-90 Mary Yerrick Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:16:12 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/kcummings/?p=200#comment-90 Kate, This is lovely. I was there at the ground breaking a year ago and this helps show the progress that has taken place. Thanks for all you are contributing to the advancement of women and girls in Africa. You are a true blessing. Mary Yerrick Kate,
This is lovely. I was there at the ground breaking a year ago and this helps show the progress that has taken place. Thanks for all you are contributing to the advancement of women and girls in Africa. You are a true blessing.
Mary Yerrick

]]> Comment on In Uniform by ankur http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/kcummings/blog/2009/08/29/in-uniform/#comment-88 ankur Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:58:55 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/kcummings/?p=200#comment-88 kate what a beautiful chapter to this story. your photographs and words capture the texture of your collective pride so well: shiny and crispy and new. congratulations. kate

what a beautiful chapter to this story. your photographs and words capture the texture of your collective pride so well: shiny and crispy and new.

congratulations.

]]> Comment on This can’t happen again, and it will by Barbara Dziedzic http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/kcummings/blog/2009/08/05/this-cant-happen-again-and-it-will/#comment-71 Barbara Dziedzic Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:27:11 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/kcummings/?p=151#comment-71 This is so powerful, Kate. And told with such tenderness for her and righteous indignation for him. I'm glad you're there to tell the story. This is so powerful, Kate. And told with such tenderness for her and righteous indignation for him. I’m glad you’re there to tell the story.

]]> Comment on The Damage Done by chris strom http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/kcummings/blog/2009/07/31/the-damage-done/#comment-63 chris strom Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:20:11 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/kcummings/?p=128#comment-63 Kate I`ve read your posts with a mixture of fascination, outrage and awe for the people of Kenya. The experiences shared with you are timely reminders that human courage co-exists with human brutality. I sit here a world away in complacency but for the words of people like you. Thank you and keep writing!! Kate
I`ve read your posts with a mixture of fascination, outrage and awe for the people of Kenya. The experiences shared with you are timely reminders that human courage co-exists with human brutality. I sit here a world away in complacency but for the words of people like you. Thank you and keep writing!!

]]> Comment on Mentoring in Nakuru by Melysa http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/kcummings/blog/2009/07/31/mentoring-in-nakuru/#comment-61 Melysa Sun, 02 Aug 2009 11:51:29 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/kcummings/?p=141#comment-61 Great profiles, Kate. I agree with Abby that this age is such a critical time in a young person's life. It sounds like both the mentors and the mentees are really tapping into the potential of their relationship. And, of course, your photos are gorgeous! I hope you as having as much fun as the photos seem to convey. Great profiles, Kate. I agree with Abby that this age is such a critical time in a young person’s life. It sounds like both the mentors and the mentees are really tapping into the potential of their relationship. And, of course, your photos are gorgeous! I hope you as having as much fun as the photos seem to convey.

]]> Comment on Beatrice’s Story by iain http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/kcummings/blog/2009/07/24/beatrices-story/#comment-55 iain Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:18:19 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/kcummings/?p=121#comment-55 Your visuals have been really good, and this video is excellent. You're really bringing Beatrice and other IDPs to life. Great work. Your visuals have been really good, and this video is excellent. You’re really bringing Beatrice and other IDPs to life. Great work.

]]> Comment on Rose by Alisa http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/kcummings/blog/2009/07/20/rose/#comment-49 Alisa Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:13:15 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/kcummings/?p=84#comment-49 Kate, I have been following your blog very closely, and especially enjoyed all of the postings about the women of Umoja. Rebecca was in the Vital Voices office last week, and I am thrilled that I got the opportunity to meet her. I kept telling all of the interns about all things I learned about Umoja from your blogposts, they now have read them all too! I got your photos printed out for Rebecca to take back to Umoja with her. The photos are truly remarkable and worthy of great praise. Alisa Kate,

I have been following your blog very closely, and especially enjoyed all of the postings about the women of Umoja. Rebecca was in the Vital Voices office last week, and I am thrilled that I got the opportunity to meet her. I kept telling all of the interns about all things I learned about Umoja from your blogposts, they now have read them all too!

I got your photos printed out for Rebecca to take back to Umoja with her. The photos are truly remarkable and worthy of great praise.

Alisa

]]> Comment on The Forgotten People by Alisa http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/kcummings/blog/2009/07/24/the-forgotten-people/#comment-48 Alisa Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:09:08 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/kcummings/?p=117#comment-48 Kate, This posting on IDP's gives such a comprehensive overview of the humanitarian crisis. I appreciate the background information you provide, and then the personal, individualized experiences you describe. It really brings this issue to life. Thank you so much for your continued insights and for sharing them with all of us! I just read the final report today of Ripe For Harvest's mentorship program. I can't wait to see what you learn about the mentees/mentors and their experiences! Keep us all posted! Alisa Vital Voices Kate,

This posting on IDP’s gives such a comprehensive overview of the humanitarian crisis. I appreciate the background information you provide, and then the personal, individualized experiences you describe. It really brings this issue to life. Thank you so much for your continued insights and for sharing them with all of us!

I just read the final report today of Ripe For Harvest’s mentorship program. I can’t wait to see what you learn about the mentees/mentors and their experiences! Keep us all posted!

Alisa
Vital Voices

]]> Comment on The Money-drug by laura s http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/kcummings/blog/2009/07/23/the-money-drug/#comment-47 laura s Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:51:08 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/kcummings/?p=111#comment-47 Another thoughtful and well-written entry. It's clear that in Kenya, just like everywhere else, money-lending is a sticky issue. I especially like the questions you present at the end of this entry: "Was all this searching for money holy, in the end, if it was all for the sake of these children? I wonder, especially for this former nun, where is God in money? ... And this: in a country that has received so much on foreign aid over the past decades, and has come to associate – on a national level – white with funding, how much is this Felistus and how much is this the habit of historical, habitual relationships?" Well said. There are certainly no easy answers. Another thoughtful and well-written entry. It’s clear that in Kenya, just like everywhere else, money-lending is a sticky issue.

I especially like the questions you present at the end of this entry: “Was all this searching for money holy, in the end, if it was all for the sake of these children? I wonder, especially for this former nun, where is God in money? … And this: in a country that has received so much on foreign aid over the past decades, and has come to associate – on a national level – white with funding, how much is this Felistus and how much is this the habit of historical, habitual relationships?”

Well said. There are certainly no easy answers.

]]> Comment on Envisioning the Light at the End of the Plan by PROFILE: The Strategic Plan Workshop Held By Madame Abby Onencan | Luna Liu http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/kcummings/blog/2009/07/23/envisioning-the-light-at-the-end-of-the-plan/#comment-46 PROFILE: The Strategic Plan Workshop Held By Madame Abby Onencan | Luna Liu Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:39:54 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/kcummings/?p=98#comment-46 [...] see Kate Cummings’ Blog: Prayer and Planning: Meet Kenya’s Local Government & Envisioning The Light at The End of Plan Share and [...] [...] see Kate Cummings’ Blog: Prayer and Planning: Meet Kenya’s Local Government & Envisioning The Light at The End of Plan Share and [...]

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