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I don’t know what it is…getting things for free is great in all cultures…but begging is usually looked down on or something embarrassing that you don’t want others to know. But here getting things and asking for things is cultural. And they yell it out at the top of their lungs—give me…give me…
At school all of the kids are on a half scholarship (which could be seen that no one is)…but there are some who are fully sponsored. It is hard to sustain because when someone is fully sponsored others believe they should be too. why them and not me? No such thing as discretion.
I have been to a couple of meetings where they have begun to talk about sustainability and how to become self-reliant because they are realizing that NGOs and donations and volunteers may leave and they should take care of themselves…(especially in this political climate), but that moves very slowly and doesn’t seem to be a wide spread sentiment.