Izabela Marx

“Ficar sozinha na corda bamba do desconhecimento da juventude é vivenciar a beleza excruciante da liberdade total e a ameaça de eterna indecisão.”
― Maya Angelou, Eu sei por que o pássaro canta na gaiola

“Be careful that, by coming to Africa as a volunteer, you are not primarily meeting your own need to feel accomplished and virtuous. Imagine a person stuck in a pit and you have two choices. You can either join her neighbors who are pulling the person out with a rope—or you can get into the pit with her, hand her a loaf of bread, take pictures for your Facebook page, and then leave. Consider a major mental shift away from pity and toward supporting the committed, long-term experts on the ground.”
― Innocent Magambi, Refugee For Life: My Journey across Africa to Find a Place Called Home

“One thing that is commonly seen is that children in families where one parent works part time and the other works full time tend to perform best in school—better than children whose parents both work full time or who have one parent who doesn’t work at all.3 This could be due to the working configuration, but I think it’s more likely due to differences between these families.4”
― Emily Oster, Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool

“Many volunteers and short-term relief efforts want to do what they assume is needed rather than what would result in the most sustainable good.”
― Innocent Magambi, Refugee For Life: My Journey across Africa to Find a Place Called Home