Interesting Article

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/opinion/23kristof.html

Nicholas D. Kristof is a NY Times columnist who frequently writes about the developing world. In this article he talks about men who claim that they have no money to send their children to school while spending all of their disposable income on alcohol, cigarettes and prostitutes. This is something I have seen frequently in Benin. At bars, men will approach volunteers asking for money to send their children to school. These same men usually have expensive cell phones and motorcycles. Kristof also points out that women are much more likely to spend their income on education for their children. This is the main reason that I prefer to work with women's groups as a business volunteer.