In a previous post I shared the 10 lessons I have learned as a community development worker and one of those lessons was Transparency. In this post I would like to explore the importance of transparency in the management of community … Read More
In this post, I am going to revisit questions about volunteering and voluntoursim. This is because the debate about the value or otherwise of volunteering abroad rages on and has given rise to new questions such as; Is volunteering a waste … Read More
African countries like any other countries are constantly on the look out for investment opportunities. What caught my eye recently is the fact unlike the usual practice of seeking out major corporations as investors Uganda is looking at this it … Read More
This question has been on my mind for sometime now. Due to the current economic environment we have struggled to get volunteers from the traditional sources to out to our project in SW Uganda. I did wonder if Africa could … Read More
Voluntary Work was the subject of at least two BBC radio 4 programmes yesterday. The first YOU and YOURS a consumer programme considered all manner of issues relating to voluntary work including Corporate Social Responsibility or CSR, the other PM … Read More
My immediate reaction to this question is another question. Why would anyone say so? The reason I would ask such a question is because when you volunteer be it your time or services you do so of your own free … Read More