Being a DESA
...particular, an incredibly friendly place to work. For the past year I have been working in DFID Tanzania. One of the great things about being a DESA is getting to...
A better future for Rwanda's youth - how Sport Relief is changing lives
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Caroline Flack, TV Presenter, Posted on:
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Africa, Development Debates, Economic Development
In 1994, a brutal genocide ripped Rwanda apart, robbing people of their families and loved ones. 800,000 people were killed in 100 days, and lives were destroyed. Twenty years later, Rwanda is healing from this tragedy but there’s still a …
Genocide, never again
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Lynne Featherstone, Ministerial Champion for Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Overseas, Posted on:
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Africa, Other
I'm in Rwanda for a 3 day visit and on arrival in Kigali yesterday morning, I went straight to the genocide memorial at Ntarama Church to lay a commemorative wreath for the Rwandans who lost their lives in 1994. Only …
International Women's Day: breaking the silence on gender-based violence
This blog comes directly from a UK aid-supported project on the frontlines. The Ni Nyampinga project is a magazine and radio show for teenage girls in Rwanda that focuses on empowering young women. It reports on issues and stories that matter …
Aid in troubled times
At a time of national austerity and global alarm, sources of pride and international affection for Britain are particularly valuable. Earlier this month ordinary British people took pride in the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, and this was matched by a global …
Is aid the answer to poverty?
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Paul Healey, Head of Profession Social Development, Posted on:
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Africa, China
A couple of weeks ago I attended a number of fascinating sessions at the International Growth Centre’s Growth Week. One event that particularly stuck in my mind focused on the role China is playing in Africa. At the UN Millennium …
From the Caribbean to Rwanda: could there be linkages?
I arrived in Kigali at the end of August, to begin my first experience of working here in Africa. I have looked forward to this for many years. And I know I am especially fortunate to come to Rwanda and Burundi …
Packing the painting
Don’t you get worried when you are given a leaving present as you are about to board the plane, and your suitcase is already stuffed to the gills with souvenirs? So when a friend gave me a beautiful painting at my leaving do last week, …
Turning the tables on the donors in Rwanda
Who has the main say - donors or recipient countries? Isn't it obvious? Don't donors have all the resources and so control the show? No, it isn’t always like that, and in the last few years there has been a shift towards a more …
Volunteering: risks and rewards
Saturday morning in Kigali felt weird; it was spookily quiet in the streets as the whole population of the country spent the morning doing some community work in their local area - cleaning the street, digging the ground or just …
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