Comments on: Thank Allah It's Over: VSO placement sesh

By: Jan De Vlam

Jan De Vlam — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:39:19 +0000

Mikey,

You’re absolutely right, (our) rich minority lives at the expence of the poor majority of the world. There is no other truth. And living in the west it is so easy to forget that. Reading your blog makes me feel a little guilty if just for being part of the minority. I’m afraid the minority will never have such a big heart that it will give up part of its wealth to eliminate poverty in the world, yet that’s what’s necessary to do so.
I said it before, I admire you for the way you succeed at following your heart in the things you do, and you write very openly and clearly about them. Keep changing the world a little, and keep writing about it, you are an inspiration.

greetings,
Jan

By: Tim Sowula

Tim Sowula — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:22:44 +0000

Armpit of Asia, not India. Good luck with it mate, keep the updates coming

By: Mikey Leung

Mikey Leung — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 20:52:26 +0000

Thanks for your comments guys. Rezwan—I’m not leaving the country yet! I’m here for a good kick at the can now…

By: Julie Chamberlain

Julie Chamberlain — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:58:37 +0000

Mikey, you need not be corrected for your insight that the incredible wealth of the West comes at the incredible expense of the majority world. This is an absolutely correct assertion — the hows and whens and ‘whys’ of it are complicated and stretched over many hundreds of years, but at the end of the day it is through exploitation of the majority world that we Westerners have become so wealthy and ‘developed.’
This continues to be the case. How much of the trade that takes place today is equitable? How much of the ‘development assistance’ that takes place is in the interest of the people we meet in the streets and fields here in Bangladesh? Always this question of ‘who benefits?’ should be in our minds and on our lips, particularly as ‘development workers.’
Congratulations on a term successfully completed. Hope to see you soon (I’m really itching to get out of Dhaka for a while!)
Julie.

By: mirza

mirza — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:08:05 +0000

great stuff mike.

im glad you are a window for the country for others to see by

By: Rezwan

Rezwan — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:21:56 +0000

Thanks a lot for your insight into Bangladesh. I hope you will keep coming back and be an ambassador for the country where ever you go.

By: morristhepen

morristhepen — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:33:55 +0000

Great piece! Enjoyed its balance. You’ve done a great job here…