It's been almost two whole months since I came back from Mexico and though my battle marks from rolling down an Arizona desert are almost gone (thanks God for vitamin E, Aloe Vera & Shea Butter), I still reflect on that experience ever so often. One thing that will stick with me is just how strong the sense of community is, especially as it relates to how community groups are organized. In my Caribbean context (or maybe Jamaican) I am accustomed to many of the community groups receiving some amount of funding from the government or government initiatives. (Or maybe I'm speaking from ignorance of my own society...hmm...feel free to interject here and help me out). Back to Mexico...I was incredibly surprised at the number of rehabilitation centres that were self-sustaining and run entirely on the goodwill of the community itself, receiving no government funding. We visited a rehabilitation centre for recovering and rehabilitated drug and alcohol abusers; a women's com