Ryan Doherty

“The Rise and Decline of the Zairian State, Crawford Young and Thomas Turner’s seminal 1985 study of Zairian politics and history, which should have been a prerequisite for any reporter.”
― Howard W. French, A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa

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“You must sacrifice.  There are no shortcuts to making lasting impacts on the lives of others.”
― Ryan J. Murphy, All That You Can't Leave Behind: A Rookie Missionary's Life in Africa

“My involvement, from my very first days in Haiti, caused me to rethink the common practice of American groups coming in and building, or supporting, orphanages without truly understanding the situation in Haiti. Especially since the plague of unemployment is so huge that it is believed 80 percent of all orphans end up in orphanages as a result of poverty. These “poverty orphans” are brought to orphanages mostly because their parents are unable to pay for food and school. Normally, American orphanages, or American-supported orphanages, pay for schooling for the children as well as for food, so to struggling parents these institutions look like the best and only option. However, with as many as 80 percent of orphans having a living parent, the rage to come to Haiti and build orphanages for these children seemed both broken and incongruous. I realized that often what America thinks is the best for children is sometimes just a quick fix, a temporary Band-Aid that may ultimately exacerbate the situation. I knew there had to be a better way.”
― Megan Boudreaux, Miracle on Voodoo Mountain: A Young Woman's Remarkable Story of Pushing Back the Darkness for the Children of Haiti