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Connecting girls, inspiring futures

Posted by: Hannah Howard, Posted on: 14 March 2012 - Categories: Asia, Girls & Women, International Citizen Service

Organising Community Action Days is an important part of our role here in north-west Bangladesh. They are a great opportunity to bring the whole village together and raise awareness about issues affecting the community. Knowing the importance of gender issues …

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Community co-operation

Posted by: Hannah Howard, Posted on: 23 February 2012 - Categories: Asia, Economic Development, International Citizen Service

We have spent the last few weeks learning about the needs of Afjalpur dairy co-operative members and getting to grips with their livelihoods situation. Amongst many other things, the outcomes of our baseline survey showed how essential it is for …

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Getting started

Posted by: Hannah Howard, Posted on: 31 January 2012 - Categories: Asia, International Citizen Service

We spent the first 11 days of our trip to Bangladesh in the capital city of Dhaka which, though dusty and busy, is full of wonderful bright colours. After a day of rest at the guesthouse and a long journey …

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Preparations are underway

Posted by: Hannah Howard, Posted on: 4 January 2012 - Categories: International Citizen Service

This month, I shall be leaving London to work on a dairy farming and livelihoods project in Bangladesh as part of the International Citizen Service (ICS), a youth volunteering programme funded by DFID. Having filled in all the forms, completed …

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WASH-ing in Bangladesh

Posted by: Adam Jackson, Posted on: 8 January 2010 - Categories: Asia, Infrastructure

Many things are taken for granted in the developed world, but I think that clean water must be at the top of the list. One of my little luxuries when I get back to the UK after a few months …

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A few days in the field

Posted by: Adam Jackson, Posted on: 10 June 2009 - Categories: Asia, Economic Development, Health

I’m just back from a trip to the far north west of Bangladesh, near the Indian border. It was a very welcome, cool and quiet change from Dhaka. I first took part in a review of joint donor support to …

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Traffic and Politics in Bangladesh

Posted by: Adam Jackson, Posted on: 18 March 2009 - Categories: Asia, Governance

I have been in Dhaka six months now – working for DFID Bangladesh as an economist - and one of the first things I noticed was the traffic. Previously I lived in Sierra Leone for two years, but compared to …

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