This week I re-entered an aid “institution” after five years of working with small foundations and local groups.

After just two short days, I can’t help but be reminded of why I left.

I am once again surrounded by smart, driven, committed people. But unfortunately they are largely a group of people who are also exhausted, overwhelmed, and discouraged by fighting while propagating the very organizations in which they serve. From my still outsider’s perspective, it’s as if the…

No no no, I learned yesterday that a new Rebel Movement declared its existence in Burundi ( the information is not yet confirmed by Burundian authorities), Whatever they may say, whatever may be as reason ,this is not a time for a new war in my country, in my Burundi.

L'Association des jeunes pour la lutte contre le chomage condemns any act which may lead to an other period of war!!!

Assez, Il est grand temps, nos freres et soeurs burundais doivent vivre en paix...

Nous…

Please check out a new online initiative for nominating a person to run for President of The United States Of America: http://www.americanselect.org/

Americans Elect is a nonpartisan nonprofit whose only mission is to let the American people directly nominate their choice for…

Global Education radio programme produced by Homely Planet radio and Beyond Skin Global in partnership with the Centre For Global Education.



Season 1

Poverty & Power

If the millennium development goals are about anything, they are about reducing poverty. But what exactly is poverty? Here we look at some of the complexities of the issue, and raise the question of power.

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The annual expressions of gratitude from the U.S.’ Thanksgiving holiday now subsided, I share a poem I wrote yesterday about how hard it is at times to be genuinely grateful.

Over the past year, I have been fortunate enough to live rent-free, staying with friends and family. But that has also meant that I have been someone’s houseguest.

After I wrote this reflection, I wondered: Is there a parallel to be drawn with those at the…

Researchers finally found official documents that prove former Prime Minister Nakasone had built "comfort stations" in Balikpapan, kalimantan, Indonesia.

On November 1, 2011, the Asahi Shimbun reported on the October 27th

disclosure by the Grass Roots House Peace Museum

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Peace and Stability in East Africa

By Wamala Twaibu

Human Rights Activist

Kampala-Uganda

E-mail:wamalatwaibu@yahoo.com, Tel: +256-776 197 500

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A ‘WRETCHED OF THE EARTH’ SURMOUNTS HUNGER & POVERTY

Erle Frayne D. Argonza

The narratives from poor communities in developing countries about folks thriving on a mere once-a-day meal is classic story of the ‘wretched of the earth’. Getting to know them closely through participant observation could make one feel…

This is to announce that two up and coming peacekeepers have won the Going For A Global Truce Peace Scholarship on Thanksgiving day as part of my giving thanks to them for their efforts at making peace in their area!

The winners names are Willis Okumu and Stany Nzobonimpa.

1) Willis Okumu: 

An MA student at the University of Cologne in Germany, who is currently working on Trans-local Peace-building among the Samburu and Pokot in North Rift in Kenya. These are…

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Anca Gliga is a 23 year old MA student in Community Development & Advertising, the President of a local NGO, ski instructor, volunteer and avid reader. But most of all Anca Gliga is a full time dreamer! She is the salt and pepper in a strawberry ice cream. It doesn't make sense, but let’s for a moment open our minds and not constrain ourselves to the boundaries…

UK CONSUMERS TO HELP END HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Erle Frayne D. Argonza

Gracious day from the Pearl of the Orient!

12.3 Millions of laborers work under severe, forced labor conditions at any given time today. Such conditions are akin to the involuntary servitude of the colonial heydays of Western imperialism. Come think of it, the slave trade hasn’t really ended, it only mutated into a new form.

During the…

Global Education radio programme produced by Homely Planet radio and Beyond Skin Global in partnership with the Centre For Global Education.



Season 1

 Climate Justice

Featuring an extended interview with Dr John Barry, an academic specialist on the politics of climate change, along with a contribution from former Irish President Mary Robinson, recorded at a recent conference in…

Dutch organization BrandOutLoud is sick of the status quo when it comes to how Africa is portrayed.

While the images of Africa have remained the same, the image of development has changed. The industry itself has created a negative, stigmatising image of Africa. We must no longer hide behind arguments like 'it brings in the most money’ or ‘the ends justify the means'. How can we change the existing…

His Eminence Dr. Madhu Krishan Appointed As Ambassador In East Asia By H.E. Prof. Dr. Paul Francis Scarciolla '"Duca del Gavatino di Torre Spagnola" and "Principe di Psiria e di Santa Anatolia", ('"Duke of Gavatino Torre Spagnola" and "Prince of Psiri and Santa Anatolia,")…

Tom A. Kosakowski - The Oakland County Circuit Court has appointed an Ombudsman to serve as a liaison between the judiciary and local attorneys for a six month…

Global Education radio programme produced by Homely Planet radio and Beyond Skin Global in partnership with the Centre For Global Education.



Season 1 July 2011

Sudan’s Active Citizens



In March 2011 a group of workers from a range of Belfast-based community organisations – including Beyond Skin’s Maurice Macartney – took part in a British Council ‘Active Citizens’ visit to Sudan.



The country has since split into two independent republics. To mark the…