Progressio regional managers oversee five or six country programmes from the UK. Even when I travel as far as one of our country offices, I can get so bogged down in spreadsheets and visits around…
Progressio, 4th August 2010
I am constantly learning here in El Salvador, but one lesson that continues to impact me is what happens when it rains hard. Where I come from in the US, a rainy day is an excuse to settle in…
maggievonvogt, 2nd August 2010
I must admit that my first thought on landing in Hargeisa was “what have I got myself into?” I had spent the past few weeks trying to explain to my ever-worrying mum the difference between Somalia…
Progressio, 22nd July 2010
To quote one of my more knowledgeable colleagues: “Elections are funny things. Highly technical and procedural exercises that are yet filled with emotion and rhetoric.” During Britain’s recent…
Feature, 21st July 2010
Given this was a presidential election there was bound to be a personal focus on the three candidates and their running mates. Indeed policy stuff was not really present and where it was it was…
Progressio, 9th July 2010
In the expansive desert strip of Tehama in western Yemen, life can be extremely cruel. Here you will find children who are malnourished, tired-looking with faces that show nothing but hopelessness….
Aloo, 29th June 2010
‘No Farming No Life’ reads a shop sign as we enter the countryside outside Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi. Nothing could be more appropriate in a country where over 90% of the population is…
Progressio, 25th June 2010
Forgotten community fights for development for the people
Nahuaterique is one of those places on earth where people are not citizens, just people. Driving along the potholed path that leads to…
Progressio, 24th June 2010
In some parts of Port au Prince every second building has been flattened. Five months since the quake hit, the scene is still horrific. Three storey blocks have been reduced to two. Or one. Concrete…
Jo Barrett, 14th June 2010
A few months ago, waiting for a train on London Underground’s Victoria line, I found myself staring at an oversized advert for the Dominican Republic. The scene was nothing short of idyllic: palm…
Jo Barrett, 8th June 2010
