Guest Voices: Building Stupas in the Sand via Poverty News Blog
Introducing our new guest blogging series called "Guest Voices." To inaugurate our series we turn to Jane Guinn, who writes for Sedona Cyber Link. Jane recently took a trip to Myanmar, the country that is ruled by an oppressive military regime. The military government was so oppressive that it prevented humanitarian aid from reaching it's people after Cyclone Nargis. Jane was thinking about how much better life in Myanmar if some bottom of the pyramid opportunities were allowed into the country. On my recent trip to Myanmar (Burma) I took the time to read several important books analyzing the root causes of the economic crisis of 2008. As I was floating up the Irrawaddy, one of the major rivers in Asia flowing from the Himalayas, I reflected on the way of life of the peasants living...