Costa Rica’s general level of health is far higher than Kenya’s; for example, CR’s (Costa Rica’s) life expectancy is 77, the world’s is 71, and Kenya’s is 61. Kenya is also poorer than CR per person, meaning that government has fewer resources to spend per person such as in quality healthcare.
If you were to donate £100 then, that £100 would go further in Kenya both because there would be easier gains (such as treating diseases in Kenya which typically go untreated, while they do get treated in CR) and also because that £100 converts to more spending power in a poorer country, e.g. Kenya rather than CR. An extreme example would be £100 goes far further in Haiti as compared to Norway owing to spending power.
Hey NickLaing, this is a really interesting post, thank you!
On this note, do you think that the army could be a significant obstacle to soaking beans then? If the army realised that there was this campaign that risked reducing the amount of charcoal bought per person, might they be considered a key obstacle to the chances of success e.g. not allowing bean-soaking campaigns in markets, not allowing it on the radio, etc.?
I am very naive on how much control the Ugandan army has but just a thought in terms of factoring in likelihood of success, given they may pose a powerful obstacle as they have a clear interest in charcoal consumption going up, not down.
I love your replies in the comments and openness to feedback/ideas/corrections. I will PM you out of interest re the garment technique you introduced if I may and also 100% agree with you—we can’t assume that bean-soaking wouldn’t work simply because it’s not been done before, just as goes for any number of examples such as the one you make on on pond loaches (also interested to hear what work you are doing on this as that is a horrific way of slaughtering).