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Hello and thanks for reading. After a year of managing the UK’s humanitarian programme in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) based in the capital city Kinshasa, I’m off to the east of the country for a few months. I’m …
It’s good to be back in Sierra Leone again. I was last here in 2009. It is a country full of life, with a constant buzz about it. But it’s a country that has faced more than its fair share …
When I worked in Malawi in the early 1990s, the percentage of people infected with HIV was considerably higher, with 26% of the 15-49 year old age group estimated to be infected in the capital Lilongwe. Concern at the scale …
20 years ago I embarked on my first development job with Students Partnership Worldwide (SPW) - SPW has since changed its name to Restless Development and is leading the charge in youth-led development. As a naïve but an adventurous 18-year-old volunteer, …
I got ahead of myself in my last blog and didn't reflect on my first impressions returning to Malawi after 20 years. My arrival at Lilongwe airport, and the drive to the capital highlighted a couple of major changes in Malawi …
I went to a fantastic lecture at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on the 12th of September - it was the annual John Snow Pump Handle Lecture. I had decided to walk as it was a nice evening, but having …
I have had a bit of a hiatus in my blogging since leaving Mozambique back in July 2011. I took up my new job as Head of Profession for Health full-time in August 2011, but it has taken me a …
I have just returned to Kabul following a visit home to London to see my family during the Olympics. It is obviously quite a contrast between the shiny capital of "Team GB" and dusty Kabul which is still rebuilding itself …
While the UK basked in the glory of Team GB's medal haul at the London 2012 Olympics, I spent a week driving up from Zimbabwe to Dar es Salaam, to start my new assignment as DFID’s Education Adviser in Tanzania. …
We review our programmes annually to monitor progress. Security concerns in Afghanistan make these reviews more challenging than in other countries but, with careful planning much can be achieved and learned. I recently joined the team reviewing a new project …
