Pandemic Politics & Prayers

Posted On May 2, 2020

food relief in Manila

“We aren’t going to die because of the Coronavirus, we are going to die of hunger”, quintessential Filipino sarcasm quips the predicament of the poor. Read More →

Coronavirus-lockdown double-whammy for the poor

Posted On April 19, 2020

Packing food relief

If we starve to death, will that be any better than death by coronavirus? As lockdown impacts over a billion people in India, three key messages ring out from an urban slum perspective. Read More →

Normalcy, freedom and choice

Posted On March 23, 2020

Reflections on Servants and travel choices. On a surface level, we live lives of greater freedom and choice than our ancestors could ever have imagined…. Read More →

TASTE of a simple life of connection and love

Posted On March 2, 2020

through here and upstairs

Contributed by Shannon Mawdsley, Servants NZ coordinator, who recently led the TASTE trip to India We were here. On the edge of the slum, wandering… Read More →

Yusuf*

Posted On February 26, 2020

Recently we published a story about Yusuf written back in 2018. Here’s a recent update. Over the eight years we have lived in this neighborhood,… Read More →

Meet the Sheep: Yusuf*

Posted On February 14, 2020

Here’s a story from October, 2018 by Servants’ Indonesian team Today we went to Lapangan Satu (“Field One”) after lessons were over. We all rode… Read More →

Talking Trash

Posted On February 3, 2020

Piles of rubbish, new every morning, emitting plumes of smoke: the nonstop by-product of modern consumption. Yesterday the grove of banana trees in front of our house was felled to make room for a furniture workshop, the latest casualty in the steady advance of urbanisation. Read More →

A Surprising Visit

Posted On December 4, 2019

Slowly we walk down the narrow and steep path that leads to our house. Carefully we placed our feet, so as not to step into… Read More →

Life without a choice

Posted On October 31, 2019

One day after I finished work, I suddenly decided to walk from the office in Cubao all the way to our team house in Barangay… Read More →

Poverty and Privilege

Posted On October 14, 2019

People are often surprised that I choose to live in a slum. Typically, after I explain why I have chosen this life for myself, people… Read More →