Last Saturday, I joined the Tanzanian Youth Summit, one of several such events happening across the world, that will culminate in London in a few days (check out the #YouthSummit site). It was a room full of young Tanzanians who …
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 …
#YouthForChange took place ahead of the Girl Summit 2014. The day brought together young people from around the world to ignite action on girls' rights. Nell Goddard - who is just beginning her second year studying Theology at Durham University …
Young people complaining about adults. Could be anywhere in the world. Could even be the UK. But in this case, it is Peru. Over the past few weeks, I have been lucky enough to attend several meetings, forums and community …
It’s been a while since I’ve blogged, but lots has been happening here in Nepal. If I’d written before Christmas, I think that my blog would have been pretty downbeat. Up until almost the very end of the year there …
I was fortunate enough to be attending the annual DFID Education Advisors get together in early March. This year Chennai (formerly Madras), India had been chosen as the venue, to allow us all to get a first hand view of …
This week I went down town with our Youth Employment Adviser, Sue Lowman, and the DFID Regional Director covering Iraq, Sue Wardell, to the Basra Employment Centre, the Iraqi equivalent of a UK jobcentre. The purpose of the trip was …
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