Eighteen months in Sudan
When I started at DFID in October 2010, I didn't expect to be getting on a plane a year later to move to Sudan. My first year at DFID was spent working in our Internal Audit Department, ensuring that the money DFID …
Ghana: Final thoughts
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Henry Donati, Programme Manager, Humanitarian Response Group, Posted on:
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Ghana
After 18 months my time in Ghana is up. In the frantic rush to pack up, leave and say goodbye I thought I would write down some final thoughts. Warmth – of the humid tropical sun, of stifling evenings – …
Uganda UK Health Alliance
I attended the launch of the Uganda UK Health Alliance on 12th February, which was held near the Houses of Parliament in the very grand council chamber of One Great George Street. I had met many of the speakers at …
Education on the edge
I attended the local launch of the UNESCO Education for All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report (GMR) 2012 on a sultry Friday morning at Tanzania's National Museum. This year the thematic focus was on 'Youth and Skills: Putting Education to Work'. …
How can we use technology to improve education in Tanzania?
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Ian Attfield, Education Adviser, Posted on:
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Education, Tanzania, Technology
Whilst I was still a young child, Tanzania's founding father and President Julius Nyerere, highlighted the benefits of mass education on accountability to the people: "An educated Ujamaa Village, for example, will neither allow nor tolerate dishonesty among its accountants or …
The right sized Power of We to influence development
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Hannah Ryder, Team Leader for Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation, Posted on:
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Other
Over the past couple of weeks, two big changes have happened in my life. First, one of my sisters has moved to Glasgow from London with her little baby girl. So I've become a very busy auntie! Second, I've got …
How buying together in government can be powerful
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Hannah Ryder, Team Leader for Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation, Posted on:
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Climate Change
It's Climate Week in the UK, and I've been busy working with several enthusiastic colleagues to organise photo exhibits, seminars and leaflets for DFID staff to better understand climate change and their impacts. It's been great working in a team – …
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