The Rise in Giving Across Africa

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October 1, 2019 a project of ServiceSpace Until we know the assumptions in which we are drenched, we cannot know ourselves. - Adrienne Rich - The Rise in Giving Across Africa "Douglas Ng'ang'a stands in the middle of the "slum library" he runs. Only he doesn't take credit for the 3,000 books housed in his childhood home in Nairobi's Mathare Valley. "The books just showed up," he says. Well, not exactly. His neighbors brought them. Ng'ang'a funds the library by working as a driver. He started the collection with 200 of his own books. Members of the community spread the word through social media and pitched in. In Kenya, the generosity that led to the library isn't an exception. Each year, the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) compiles a World Giving Index, and the 2017 rankings list Kenya as the third most generous nation behind Myanmar and Indonesia." This story from NPR shares more. { read more } Be The Change What assumptions, conscious or unconscious, might you be carrying about generosity? Test those assumptions rigorously this week and see what happens. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Anne Lamott Writes Down Every Single Thing She Knows Pushing Through: A Poem for Grieving Hearts 6 Habits of Hope When Someone Threw Coffee at My Face The Joy of Being a Woman in Her Seventies Last Lecture Inside the Mind of Temple Grandin Spiritual Practices for Times of Crisis DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 245,159 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More