Adriana M
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Neuroscientist, writer, renaissance woman .
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Translating Kindness and Wonder
I once heard a story about a charity foundation that donated hundreds of latrine seats for houses in a developing country. When a group of inspectors from the foundation came to check on the results of their generous donation, they found the toilets piled up in an empty lot and a community that was furious about the enormous pile of garbage that the foreigners had sent them. It turned out these particular latrine models had a floor piece with a drawing of footprints in front of the toilet seat, meant to indicate that people should sit down to do their business. But the graphics of the foot placements were too far forward, meant for a population where the average person was around 5'8". Most people in this particular village were under 5 feet tall, so when they tried to put their feet on the marks and then sit back, they literally fell on their butts.
By Adriana M2 years ago in Motivation