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The past month and half has been incredible. I have had the opportunity to travel extensively throughout this country where every route seems like the scenic route. One of my colleagues amused at my admiration for almost everything laughed and said ‘you see things that we don’t see’. The goal [...] Pounding the pavement in the Northern Tanzanian cities of Arusha and Moshi,the street kids are pretty easy to spot. Head to any of the usual spots – the outskirts of the market,the clocktower,the riverbanks – and you’ll see them chatting,hanging around,or catching some shut-eye. Head into the market or just [...] Recently,I had the good fortune to go on a monitoring visit to the Eastern part of Nepal where Street and Practice Business trainings had been delivered in April 2009. The purpose of the visit was twofold;first,to follow up with some of the youth workers who had participated in the training and to [...] First I should translate:opo means yes,with respect,in Tagalog. Today marks exactly one month since departing from Canada and arriving in the Philippines. Time has flown by and a big part of me feels like I am still establishing my first impressions. I suppose this is all relative – when you are prepared [...] Worldwide,almost every NGO has one thing in common – donors. These are the private and public foundations,other NGOs,individuals and governments which invariably provide the lifeblood for almost every organization – funding. As a recent task,I decided to occupy myself with the search for the ever-illustrious source of funding for a project [...] When I figured out “development” might be an interesting career path for me,I figured it had one great attribute,its comparative advantage over all other careers:No desk. Or at least,you won’t be chained to one. I have spent a couple years in a cubicle,answering phones and generally regretting life choices. I [...] | |||||
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