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by alalonde 4821 days ago
Or, even better, GO TO Kenya. Live there for a year. Travel around the country. Learn the language. When you come home you will not only have a handful of disruptive startup ideas, but, most importantly, an open mind about the disparate cultures of the world.
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Please don't do this. You cannot simply understand and be able to fix things in a society just by visiting it. You will always have the option of walking away and you will never have the same experience of the native inhabitants you believe you are trying to help. To truly help people from other countries, you have to get out of their way and let them have their own success and autonomy.
So just ignore them, and it'll work itself out?