When philanthropies and financial institutions talk about financial inclusion, the conversation often begins with access. Can someone open a bank account? Can they make digital payments? Do they have a smartphone, reliable internet or access to a digital wallet?...
As the year ends, many of us do a self-audit. This could be a mental checklist, a written note, or a letter from the future you timed to check things you had set out to do at the start of the year. Or just thoughts that lowkey hover over your head: “I...
My Uber driver made a U-turn, then another, before stopping his car alongside a busy roadway. Looking at his GPS, he pointed to a closed fence. “Here you are”. I got out and walked uncertainly to the locked door. Sure enough, a friendly sign welcoming visitors to Raiz...
It is hard enough to watch the horrors of war unfolding in a country that you have visited. It is even harder knowing that people you know are still there, dealing with the disruption and chaos of war. It had been more than eight years since I was last in contact with...
Mitchell Good, co-owner and livestock manager at Good Family Farms, believes there is nothing quite like the farm-to-table experience. “Fundamentally and spiritually, we are what we eat,” Good says. “We connect ourselves to the land and food is that connector....
It started to get grim for Frederick Dick in October 2020. Retired and a grandfather in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, he and his wife provide for several kids and grandkids. Much of his pension goes to rent. And groceries in northern Canada can be three times the...
