Cat Laine: Keeping Things Gritty

Deputy Director, Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group, describes the simply genius of empowering people to change their communities.

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BIF-4 Summit

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Dora Espinoza

Hello
After watching you video, I was so inpired to do something for my country.
I am 50 years young, sinlge, and I ready to go; originally from the Andes of Peru, but now I live N.Y. City; working as an interpreter for Immigration Court, (15 years).

I would like to send my resume to do an internship with you company, and work in Guatemala. I know I could learn so much working for AIDG.
You are fantastic, I could see your speak from your heart.
Hope to hear from you, much love,

Dora

Bhaskar Rao

Thank you. The aims of your organisation are excellent. Perhaps you would like to visit countries like Bangladesh and India where there are millions living below the poverty level. Power and water generation are very useful for these families. If you cannot visit this part of the world, you may encourage some local organisations to adopt your ideas.

I also suggest that you may collect dumped gadgets like hand tools, TVs and PCs in the advanced countries and distribute to the poor in the developing countries.

Please post another talk showing how some of your projects are working.

Anonymous

I am deaply moved. I want so much to have the type of work that is so rewarding and passionate within my heart. My wish for you is to succeed with all of these dreams for the poor to become a reality. I have had a taste of where that kind of self esteem incubates and then the grant ended and you know where the economy went after Bush made himsel our president. All the grants for all the needy were gone so I went baack to building. But I do alot of work for the people who can't really afford the general contractor but need help. I can offer my support as a Union carpenter that has been a social worker specializing in drug and alcohol. I often wonder how my journey can be of service...Jeanine

Valentin Sandoval

Cat Laine

your presentation was extraordinary-brought clarity to what it is that your organization is doing. My best to you in your continued growth. I live in El Paso, Texas. There's an organization called Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe, Inc., La Mujer Obrera, and various others that I think you ought to look into. This place is unlike any place in America. Its a genuine convergence of Mexico and the U.S.. Just thought I'd throw that out there. Please let me know how I can help out learn more about your organization.

Valentin

Anonymous

I love the way Cat expresses herself. She comes across as genuine, natural, motivated and hopeful... The analogy and presentation was just perfect and although I concern myself with mostly different topics daily, I am thankful to see and hear that people like her are making a difference where it is needed most.

jayson

The lovechild of patient suffering, and suffering patiently - is clearly seen in your speaking.

When grace becomes desperate, we feel angry at time. When we feel angry at time, we become impatient with grace. Sacrificing grace, allows us to overcome indifferent feelings of time - because grace has spanned the memories of suffering we felt patiently.

Its like a metaphor, that we literally cannot ignore.

If you want to overcome indifference - then sacrificing grace is a way for your message to be irreversibly felt.

Nobody will have a defense for the personification of losing grace - it's the very definition of despair.

jim.standingbear@gmail.com

hey laine,
If i could, i would like to introduce you, to an old concept made new and larger, a section of land or larger, with five hundred or one thousand housing
units or more, these locations are to be non-profits, they are self sustaining,
restricted vehicle usage, these locations will house, feed,cloth, all its
inhabitants, there will also be poultry,fish,fowl,dairy established farms,
gardens,green houses,orchards,crops, all utilities electric [alternate/green] sewer,water,gas. included
tele,internet. recycle center,water-sewer treatment facility,rain harvest
storage. safe,secure,clean enviroment. where every child, mother, father, deserves to live. mental health also provided. can we bring about an 1.emotional, 2.intellectual, 3.physical, 4.spiritual healing to all,at these
locations.? interested ?
take care, jim.