Echoing some aspects of earlier posts on entrepreneurial ability and entrepreneurial vs political careers, Ryan Baebler at Next Billion writes about his visit to Sewale:
Almost everyone whom I spoke to in Sewale wanted to know "what are you going to do for us?" We met with the village headman who wanted my four colleagues and me to build a village meeting house. When we met with the chief's cabinet, they told us that they were "ready to be developed." But we had not introduced ourselves as a development organization; we had introduced ourselves as students....this community had been habituated into accepting government and aid handouts. There would not have been anything wrong with the question of "What can you do for us?" if it had been prefaced with "This is what we have to offer." Their feeling overwhelmed coupled with the consistent aid from outside of the community had led many of them to the conclusion that they could not realistically help themselves. This disempowered mindset had proven to be cancerous as even in situations where the community had the capacity to help themselves if they worked together – some would not lift a finger
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