We scarcely see beggars in the USA but they can be found almost everywhere in Rwanda. I’ve wrestled with how to react to out-stretched hands since I was first a Peace Corps volunteer in Western Africa 30 years ago, so the issue is not new to me. My time with the Friendly FolkDancers in Rwanda brought the questions to the forefront once again and moved my thinking a little bit further along.

Liberal and Evangelical Friends probably approach Quakers in Africa and Latin America quite differently, and it’s quite clear that Evangelical Friends have been the greater influence there so far.