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Posted on March 31, 2011 in Media Development
Blog tags: bloggers, digital, journalists, media, social media, World Press Freedom Day
Blog tags: bloggers, digital, journalists, media, social media, World Press Freedom Day
As we approach World Press Freedom Day on May 3 and consider its theme of 21st Century Media: New Frontiers, New Barriers, our thoughts naturally turn to the Middle East. Over the last four...
Posted on March 23, 2011 in Basic Education Development, Education
Blog tags: Peace Corps, teaching, Ukraine
Blog tags: Peace Corps, teaching, Ukraine
It’s Thursday afternoon in Berdyansk, Ukraine and the English club is discussing “Bread and Roses,” a poem honoring female strikers of the early 20th century. One young woman...
Posted on March 23, 2011 in Gender
Blog tags: community, community of practice, gender, international development, women
Blog tags: community, community of practice, gender, international development, women
Annual observances such as Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day are useful tools for highlighting some of the many accomplishments of women as well as drawing much-...
Posted on March 23, 2011 in International Education, Education, Youth
Blog tags: community, exchange participants, learning, Peace Corps, Uzbekistan
Blog tags: community, exchange participants, learning, Peace Corps, Uzbekistan
One of the things I love about my job is that I get to see the world through other people’s eyes. When exchange participants arrive in the US and encounter new things on campus for the...
Posted on March 17, 2011 in Basic Education Development, Civil Society Strengthening, Education
Blog tags: development, Kazakhstan, Peace Corps, teaching
Blog tags: development, Kazakhstan, Peace Corps, teaching
Some of the American, oil-company-based engineers with whom I play basketball in Atyrau, Kazakhstan understand what “Peace Corps” service means—thanks in part to its...
Posted on March 17, 2011 in Basic Education Development, Education
Blog tags: international, Peace Corps, teaching, volunteering
Blog tags: international, Peace Corps, teaching, volunteering
Working in the Field Operations department at the headquarters of an international development organization like IREX is always a great challenge. By the time I load my email in the morning, my...
Posted on March 11, 2011 in International Education, Education
Blog tags: library. teacher, Peace Corps
Blog tags: library. teacher, Peace Corps
Not many students come to the library at the University of Cape Verde in the late afternoon on weekdays. The 2nd and 3rd years are in their classes and the 1st years have already gone home for...
Posted on March 9, 2011 in International Education, Education
Blog tags: exchange programs, international
Blog tags: exchange programs, international
Every once in a while, you have the opportunity to connect two points in your life. Mine began when I was a junior in high school and was selected as a participant for the...
Posted on March 4, 2011 in Youth
Blog tags: capacity, community, Peace Corps, women
Blog tags: capacity, community, Peace Corps, women
We added the day’s receipts again and counted the money in the cash box one more time. They were equal. This was a milestone.
Posted on March 4, 2011 in Basic Education Development, Education, Youth
Blog tags: civil society, Peace Corps, volunteer, youth
Blog tags: civil society, Peace Corps, volunteer, youth
I’ve been back in the US for almost four years now, but the lessons and memories from 27 months in Ukraine continue to influence my perspective on life and my approach to development work...
