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Plunging into the 'Bunge'

Posted by: Ian Attfield, Education Adviser, Posted on: 23 August 2012 - Categories: Education, Tanzania

While the UK basked in the glory of Team GB's medal haul at the London 2012 Olympics, I spent a week driving up from Zimbabwe to Dar es Salaam, to start my new assignment as DFID’s Education Adviser in Tanzania. …

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School for life: a second chance?

Posted by: Henry Donati, Programme Manager, Humanitarian Response Group, Posted on: 13 April 2012 - Categories: Education, Ghana

Hi, I'm Henry - I arrived in Ghana to work for DFID a few months ago. In my blog I want to share  ideas about the country, what we do here, and what life is like for Ghanaians. 2012 is a crucial …

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Learning on Rhodes' Ranch

Posted by: Ian Attfield, Education Adviser, Posted on: 6 December 2011 - Categories: Africa, Education

Sitting down for dinner in the Bulawayo Club (est. 1895) in southern Zimbabwe, one feels that one has been transported back to a gentlemen's club in fin de siècle Mayfair. One is immersed amongst Greek colonnades, oil portraits of colonial …

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Lizard lab

Posted by: Ian Attfield, Education Adviser, Posted on: 25 February 2010 - Categories: Education, Nigeria

On the road the other day and decided to swing by and see how the rain harvesting scheme at Gidan Mutan Daya primary school, Katsina was getting on now, over 3 months into the dry season. When I last visited the tanks had just …

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