“We have to be part of the society which we are changing; we have to work from within it, and not try to descend like ancient gods, do something, and disappear again.”
— Julius Nyerere, Mwalimu (Teacher), Baba wa Taifa (Father of the Nation), first President of Tanzania and previously Tanganyika
A call for grassroots intiatives; bottom-up rather than top-down approaches and generally; empathising with what exists, coming up with appropriate interventions that are context-specific and driven by the very people who will live them.
The way forward or unrealistic? What say you?