2011 Fleet Forum conference is fully booked
11 March 2011
Kamelia Ignatova
As I promised in my first blog, I would like to give you an update to the preparations of the annual Fleet Forum conference event due on 23-25th March in Geneva which currently is my main responsibility until the end of my MTW assignment.
Incredible India; how history influences heterogeneity and decentralized policy making.
28 February 2011
Guus van der Zijden
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But are these differences, India’s heterogeneity, really that surprising. Just have a look at the sheer size of the country (using Jelmer’s blog as a good example), placing India on top of the map of Europe. If one tries to compare Sweden and Spain on the above mentioned parameters plenty of differences can be found as well. However, not only size has led to the current differences.
My Fleet Forum fairytale story
25 February 2011
Kamelia Ignatova
Once upon a time there was a Bulgarian girl named Kamelia, who was working for TNT... Since dealing with all activities related to the company's image Kamelia literally lived with the joys and problems of her beloved company. As a true "Brand guardian", she was so devoted to her company that even the local country manager joked with her that she is "orange blooded". Kamelia, however, was most fascinated and proud that works in a company that is a true example of corporate citizen of the world.
Education: a key concept for development
22 February 2011
sophiegaarenstroom
The past couple of weeks I have been working on my fundraising proposal. How did I want to raise money, but at the same time show people in other countries what a magnificent country Nicaragua was? I decided to make a book about life in Nicaragua. The book would contain pictures, stories of WFP beneficiaries, interviews with other interesting parties, poems and drawings. I am not going to explain the exact content of it yet, but it is going to be an interesting book which hopefully can raise a sufficient amount of money.
Dar es Salaam, Tunduma, Tanzania & Mlolongo Kenya
17 February 2011
Gerard Steehouder
Writing this entry, I've visited and trained the clincians of Dar es Salaam and Tunduma in Tanzania and the last location of my program, Mlolongo in Kenya.
I was almost one week behind in updating my blog due to internet connectivity and the lack of time due to the tight schedule, but I was able to train all three clinician and get all software installed and working.
Dar es Salaam is located just outside the city, in the industrial area, many local community members visit this centre, but that goes for almost every centre.
Donors, Mindsets and Sustainability
15 February 2011
Fleur Brunninkhuis
The SII is a joint initiative of the Government of the Gambia, WFP and UNICEF and looks at the quantity and quality of school structures. At each school, a 15-page long questionnaire is administered to assess exactly this. One of the conclusions of a pilot SII exercise, held in Upper River Region (URR) in December 2010, was that all but one of its 126 schools had structures which are in need of some type of rehabilitation, be it minor or major repair works. During the current field trip, we found the same pattern for the schools in LRR.
Uganda/Rwanda @ Centre's Malaba and Katuna
13 February 2011
Gerard Steehouder
Centre's Malaba and Katuna, both in Uganda are ready to start working with Comets now.
I'm one week behind on my blog, but that's because of not having power in the free time I had left at the end of my days, or even no internet connection....it seems to be common in all these countries.
I've finished training the clinicians in both centre's and had to do some more work via remote connection cause almost everyday there are these outages, which we don't control.
1900 kms for Namanga, Salgaa and Emali
04 February 2011
Gerard Steehouder
Last week at Namanga, Salgaa and Emali, all in Kenya
