I joined DFID in 2010. I worked in the UN and Commonwealth Department before moving to DFID Ghana. I am now based in London, working in the Humanitarian Response Group - we manage the responses to crises and disasters across the world, and improve preparedness to be better able to respond when these events happen.
#Egypt was the most popular Twitter hashtag in 2011, edging out other less revolutionary contenders like #JustinBeiber. ‘The power of we’ is the theme of today’s Blog Action Day, and although ‘beliebers’ might not necessarily agree, there could hardly be …
Ex-President Jerry Rawlings stands in front of a baying crowd at an election rally, and bellows out to them “Protect your ballot boxes the way you would protect and defend your mother!” It’s a powerful moment from the fly-on-the-wall documentary An …
If a week is a long time in politics, how long is 10 years in development? Back in 2010, Government and development partners agreed that Ghana should be aiming to no longer need aid by 2020. In the last few …
James is a brave man. Amongst the hubbub of hundreds of mothers and babies gossiping and laughing as they wait to see the family planning nurses, James' is the only male face. Fortunately he seems unfazed by the whole thing, …
The last time I saw David was six months ago; he's now swapped Ghana's coastal, cocoa-growing Western region for the arid savannah of the Upper East region, but he's still doing the same job: getting DFID funded mosquito nets to …
Hi, I'm Henry - I arrived in Ghana to work for DFID a few months ago. In my blog I want to share ideas about the country, what we do here, and what life is like for Ghanaians. 2012 is a crucial …
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