Thanks for stopping by. This DFID Bloggers site is now closed and will no longer be updated regularly. However, all the blogs that appeared here will be archived if you want to look back at any of our posts. Why …
As one of the DFID Bloggers veterans - has it really been two years already? – I've been given the honour of shortlisting the best of our blogs from 2010. So, which was your favourite? Browse through the top ten …
Last week, because of the weather, you may have had to walk to work. But when you get into your car most mornings you probably don't think twice about the journey ahead. Roads are built and maintained in the UK …
Requests from visiting colleagues to see our work on the ground is a regular occurrence. These trips are not just useful for the visitors, but they also allow me to investigate the programmes I support and see the impact of broader development …
My name is Simon Lucas and I've been working on energy, agriculture, roads and forestry projects in poor countries for the last 20 years. I'm also a keen white water kayaker, so when I heard of a job in Nepal …
I’ve been catching up with work and colleagues in the office this week, after a hectic few weeks attending various international meetings in Delhi, where the lovely weather usually attracts visitors this time of year. Actually, there seems to be …
It was fantastic to have the opportunity to visit Manica province recently, and to see the hard work being undertaken by dedicated health workers in a number of different health centres. So, to help celebrate World AIDS 2010 I am …
A really interesting part of my trip to Manica last week was a visit to Sussundenga Health Centre, which is situated about 42 km from Chimoio down a red, dry baked earth, dirt road. The conditions of the road were good …
Most of us love a bit of technology that will make our lives easier or save us money. I don’t know how I got by before I had my iPhone – and I’m a bit of a Luddite. These days there …
Picking up where I left off in my last blog, I want to focus on the Manica bed net story. The main reason for my visit last week was to evaluate the Malaria Consortium project that DFID has been funding over …
Working in various developing countries for a long time (I've been overseas now for around 15 years) sometimes gives me first hand evidence of how initiatives can grow and adapt over time – and often for the best. Ten years …
