Reflection

On words and heart work

[This post was originally posted on Togethr.ca] I’m a words person. Cards are my favourite part of presents and I love receiving books with inscriptions on the front cover. On bad and good days, I go back to emails, posts or letters; and on really good or really bad days, phone calls are the way [...]

mHealth landscape in Tanzania

Before I left for Tanzania, I received a number of “Where?” / “Tasmania?” / “I had to Google Tanzania” remarks. I therefore benchmarked my location via Kenya, our much more familiar neighbouring country to the north. Kenya has iHub amongst a number of other prominent mobile initiatives and Tanzania? We’re not quite there but have [...]

On people that encourage and challenge

On people that encourage and challenge

Ruby Ku. Renjie Butalid. Nick Petten. These three are my go-to people. I know I’d be lucky to have one of them, but to have all three is a true blessing. On a day where I felt the heavy pressure of the negative energy, I felt drained. Negative attitudes are draining. There is a big [...]

Purpose > Passion

Purpose > Passion

[This original post can be found on We Move Media] Dear team, While I’m used to crisp fall weather, pumpkin spice lattes and the transition to winter jackets at this time of the air, I’m experiencing quite the opposite this year as the hottest and most humid days are quickly dawning upon Dar es Salaam. [...]

On Optimism

There exists a spectrum of optimism and pessimism, of ambition and caution, and of idealism and realism. You can decide where on the spectrum you stand, but results will sway you and people will sway you. Over the past week of the launch, both warnings of caution and encouragements of idealisms have been thrown my way. Over [...]