My assignment in the Maldives and our direct projects here have come to an end. I am writing on behalf of Handicap International Maldives, and all the people who have worked for us / with us over the past four and a half years. I would like to thank you and your colleagues [...]

Well, you’ll be surprised to hear it is still raining, so I haven’t been distracted from work by the luxurious resort islands yet. Jeroen, my predecessor, and his family left the country on the 13th August, and since then I have been getting to know the national staff and partners better, as well as learning [...]

Hallo from the Maldives, widely thought of, and marketed, as a paradise for beach lovers. As my plane landed the rain was so heavy we had to sit and wait ten minutes before we could disembark. That was just over a week ago, and it has been raining nearly every day since. I am glad [...]

Hi! The time has flown since I last wrote. I worked regionally for two weeks, discussing plans and strategies with another of our country programmes in the region, and with their partner, a semi-government organisation working with people with disabilities. Although the partner seems to be very interested in improving the lives of people with [...]

Last week was Khmer New Year. It is a big holiday in Cambodia where traditionally everyone goes home to their village, and enjoys throwing water by the bucket and bag full, ostensibly to cleans each other of their sins, but actually, just to play… quite hard. I really wanted to see Hong Kong before leaving [...]

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