just do it (better) – ii
I said yesterday I hope not to need to see teams like this ever again. Before I get to that, let me give you a quick rundown on what they’re doing. A couple of years ago some old hands at the NGO...
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Hello from much cooler, damper and altogether more pleasant Kampala. On Friday I said I was here in Uganda experimenting. Why? Okay. Rant pants on. Flying sucks. Sucks time, sucks money, sucks...
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Mmm.. Jubalicious Sorry for the delay. Stuff getting in the way. Airports and Life Saving Workshops(TM) of course. Where were we? Oh yeah, self deprecation: Hasn’t this guy heard of the Open...
View Articlewi5dom of the crowd
Couldn’t really give a fig about the ‘Stop Kony’ flap. But just noticed this: I dont know, im nothing even close to a philanthropist, politician or nothing even NEAR an activist or even fucking...
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Field team: Hello? Hello? HEY! Yes. Down here. Helooooo… ok thank you. Just so you know, we are in the shit. Regional office: Thanks for the update. You OK or you need some help with that shit? Field:...
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A colleague of mine, who’s just started blogging as ‘nobody is perfect’, writes: “The development community is often plighted by high cost trainings, where people all get paid transport fees and have...
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He took a pull on his beer. I wonder, could you help explain to me something. Sure, I said. You have been living in the UK. I have. What is the difference with the words, English and the British? Ah....
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Donors and aid beneficiaries want different things. Everyone moans about it eventually. But it comes to a point where it’s a fallacy. What donors want and what beneficiaries want isn’t completely...
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(With apologies to Messrs Nicholson & Cruise.) SCENE: A BADLY LIT, SWELTERING FIELD OFFICE SOMEWHERE. ANYWHERE. NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL STAFF ARE GATHERED AROUND A WELL DRESSED FIGURE, FRESH...
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