Where there’s a road there’s a way
A number of you have asked me in comments on my blog about how we involve local communities in our roads programmes. And I'm overdue to tell you about my recent field visit, which I mentioned in my blog on …
Building women's equality in the Congo
Today, as many of you will know from the huge number of amazing events taking place around the world, is the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day. Women's issues might not be the first thing you think about when you …
A drive for peace and prosperity in the DRC
There's nothing quite like a drive in the country to understand the scale of a country's development needs. Whether in an armoured vehicle back in Helmand, on a field trip in Zambia in a previous role to see what scope …
Kinshasa calling
Hello from Kinshasa – or, I should say, mboté or perhaps bonjour! I have just moved to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to take up my new post as Infrastructure and Environment Adviser. I have a fascinating and challenging …
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