Making amends: John Lampen on reparations

13 Oct 2022 | by John Lampen

‘Reparation can mean offering time, skills, partnership and friendship, as well as cash.’

'Passing on skills is an important way of rebalancing power.' | Photo: Making sanitary pads, courtesy of John Lampen

I have been involved with community projects in Uganda since 1998. So I was interested in Britain Yearly Meeting’s decision to look at meaningful reparations for Quaker involvement in Britain’s colonial past, and the article by Ann Floyd and Lee Taylor on power redressing in Africa (16 September). The piece urged us to focus on present-day inequalities rather than identifying people who deserve compensation for the past.

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