The things you have heard me say entrust to reliable men

It's not just missionaries who are working out how to cease from being arrogant colonialists and become something better - I was reading a Communication Therapy International study day report, and it said things like:

Both Gender and HIV/AIDS messages no matter how important and responsible were met with great resistance initially, because the messages imposed from western ideology and science were not disseminated in a way that respected cultural social structures or that allowed time for messages to be interpreted, absorbed and transformed in local cultural practices.1

The Brundtland Commission through looking into environmental issues defined sustainability as ' Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs.'2

We also noted the difficulty of having to decide between working with a patient/client with an immediate need versus taking time out from direct work to plan for sustainability.3

Sounds very much like what Christians are saying about how to work appropriately in another culture.

1 R Gondwe, "Disability Services in Malawi" in Communication Therapy International Study Day Report 15 Nov 2008 Disability Projects in Developing Countries . . . the bigger picture
2 ibid
3"Sustainability Workshop" in the above publication