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International Working Camp 2012,,, let's join us.......…

Dear humanitarians,

I will be going to London for 3-4 days this Sunday to attend Google Zeitgeist 2012. Since the reason for this trip is very much tied to IOH and since it does revolve around social entrepreneurship, education and development, I would like to take a few minutes to introduce to you the conference, the Young Minds competition and the 2012 winners.…

I’ve been wanting to put a blog post for a while here to talk about the international campaign the NGO (AMREF) I am doing some volunteering job is launching.

I really think it is worth signing the petition and spread the campaign.…

Hi everybody who reads it.

This is my first post here. I was looking for sth like that for a long time, and one day in March I found It`sOneHumanity. Really I am glad because it gives me hope. I keep believing that there is somebody in the world who is still worried about being human. We, who care, will not let the world go down, I guess.

I live in Ukraine. There are many problems here. And mainly, political. Hah. Honestly, I think there is no normal society till people…

Greetings from Cairo! I am working on a project that connects people from around the world at their dinner tables using a Skype call and a the concept of a shared meal to promote free speech, alternative media and social entrepreneurship.

I believe in this idea so much that I just took the biggest leap of my life and headed back to the Middle East looking for people who could help me to pull it off. I have found them. I have found many of them! They are awesome and they are…

Rwanda’s 18^th anniversary with Dida

The people in Rwanda do not want the world to forget what happened there 18 years ago. They certainly haven't. This day,  Rwandans mark the 18th anniversary of the April 6, 1994, genocide that took place in their country that claimed 800, 000 lives. For many, this is a somber but very necessary exercise, and many will visit sites where their families and friends were killed. One of the survivors is now a popular actress, Didacienne…

The keenly-eyed among you will see that I have now quoted Romeo and Juliet twice in my blog titles. Well - its a very good play! Anyway, I write this blog as dawn breaks on my last full day here in Tanzania. I cannot believe that the three months has passed so soon. But looking back at my time here, I don't think one single day was as I had expected.

My plan had been to teach, to sort out the school's accounts and to have a break from my hectic London life. The reality…

The Pope’s visit to Mexico is coming: March 23rd. Benedict XVI will arrive in Guanajuato. During the past days, through the news, my friends and my family, I realized that the country is divided, in general, into three opinion groups on the Pope’s visit:…

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Being a linguist by profession and having a deep-rooted love of language, it was only natural that I try to learn Swahili. Before I came to Tanzania in 2011, I therefore purchased a Teach-yourself book and set about learning the language. I learnt quite a bit last year, and this year, having been here for 3 months, I have learnt considerably more.

It must be said that the book I bought was quite outdated and this was reflected in the phrases it taught. Sentences such as…

I have been debating whether to write this post for a while, since I don't know how many people reading this may have been directly involved with Cheka school and I was concerned about the reactions. Nevertheless, it is a story that needs to be told, and one that we can learn from. It is also a story that we hope will have a happy ending. Let me begin...

The Cheka Foundation was created by a Dutch couple who first came to Tanzania in 1994 and having decided to sponsor a young…

1.Seatbelts are just there for decoration.

2.Riding bent double in a daladala, bum hanging out the open door, with someone else's vegetables on your feet and unable to see out the window to tell when your stop is coming up has long since lost its novelty.

3.Your knees are grazed from one too many bodaboda rides alongside lorries.

4.You know what a bodaboda is.

5.You also know that the correct attire isn't a helmet and leathers, rather sunglasses and…

On March 11, 2012, the prime minister, Yoshihiko Noda told reporters in the interview.

“To never forget the day of earthquake is truly the best memorial service. The memory and lesson of the earthquake disaster must never fade away. It is important that Japanese people pass the story of the…

The policies of the World Bank towards developing countries have been criticized time and time again, often making many of us question its true agenda. There is some interesting (perhaps even hopeful) news today however. Check out …

One billion people worldwide live in slums, a number that will likely double by 2030. The characteristics of slum life vary greatly between geographic regions, but they are generally inhabited by the very poor or socially disadvantaged. Slum buildings can be simple shacks or permanent and well-maintained structures but lack clean water, electricity, sanitation and other basic services. In this post, I've included images from several slums including Kibera slum…

In my time here i've met lots of different people, and been fortunate enough to get to know a few of them quite well. Most are women, mothers of children at the school, and all live quite amazing lives. There are a few women in particular whose story has touched me, and I'd like to dedicate this blog post to them. I refer to them by their usual name (mothers here are known by the name of their child), but also by their actual name (in brackets).

Mama Faraja…

Tanzanian hospitality is great. When a guest comes to visit, for whatever reason, it is customary to invite them in and provide some sort of refreshment. This can vary from a bottle of Fanta to a full plate of food, sometimes which they cook especially for you. They are insistent on this and will not take any excuse. Indeed, I feel that they almost take it as an insult if you do not eat. However, since I sometimes several families a day, this can therefore mean quite a full…

I have now been teaching our Adult English class for a week and a half. I have designed the programme based on some prior knowledge of vocabulary, but not really of grammar. The topics covered so far have been greetings, basic introductions, numbers and plurals. With a total of 16 students having turned up at any one time, and an average of about 12 each lesson, I'm feeling pretty chuffed with myself and assume that they are all enjoying it.

Its tough, not only because they really do…