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Our anchorage near The Pitons - St.Lucia (2005).
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So you want to be an aid worker?
Why I am an aidworker.
Becoming an aidworker. HOW?
Becoming an aidworker. WHY?
"Posts about aidworkers" on The Road
Becoming an aidworker. HOW?
Becoming an aidworker. WHY?
"Posts about aidworkers" on The Road
Links: Aidworker blogs
No time to read it all? Check these sites' latest updates in AidBlogs. 
Blogs by aidworkers all over the world:
Across the Divide (World)
Advice Worth 500 Sheep (Iraq)
Aidworker (Senegal)
All Quiet on the Quaker Front (Burundi)
AmsTravels (Mongolia)
Around the World and still going.
Baby Catching (Ghana)
Body in Motion (Malawi)
Captain Cat's Diaries (Afghanistan)
Cashew Man (Canada/Ethiopia)
Change Around the World (Ghana)
Chasing Carly (Lebanon)
Concrete & Barbed Wire (Afghanistan)
Congolese Dawn (DRC)
Deep South Sudan
Emily in Liberia
Ending Extreme Poverty (DRC)
The Faders in Sudan
Faster than a falling coconut (Mozambique)
Forgotten Colombia
Foz in the Moz (Mozambique)
From Congo (DRC)
Globetrotter Mats (World)
Harry Rud (Afghanistan)
Head Down Eyes Open (Geneva)
Hope in Malawi
Humanitarian Relief (World)
A Humourless Lot (World)
Irishman in Ghana
Itinerant and Indigent (Afghanistan)
Jra's thoughts (UK)
Let Them Have Faces (DC)
Letters From Malawi
Live in Luanda (Angola)
Louder than Swahili (Tanzania)
Mangham Mayhem (Mongolia)
Marge in the field (Chad)
Martyns in Africa (Sudan)
The Mekong River Review (Laos)
MeriGoesAround (Benin)
A New Map of the World (DC)
Nic Dominguez (Kenya)
Notes on Development (Ghana)
Our Man in Cameroon
Owen Abroad (Ethiopia)
Paradox Uganda
The Perpetual Bloom (Sri Lanka)
Project Kadutu (DRC)
Pyjama Samsara (Cambodia)
Rob Rooker (Sudan)
Sarah in Malawi
Sharing Means Caring (Switzerland)
Tim in Tamale (Ghana)
Street kids in Vietnam
The Road to the Horizon (World)
The Signs Along The Road (world)
Tales of Life in Mozambique
The Thirsty Palmetto (Sudan)
The Uncultured Project (Bangladesh)
Voice in the Desert (Burkina Faso)
Where in the World? (Malawi)
Worldman (Sri Lanka)
Retired but still interesting aidblogs here
Other interesting blogs to add? Let me know!
Blogs by aidworkers all over the world:
Across the Divide (World)
Advice Worth 500 Sheep (Iraq)
Aidworker (Senegal)
All Quiet on the Quaker Front (Burundi)
AmsTravels (Mongolia)
Around the World and still going.
Baby Catching (Ghana)
Body in Motion (Malawi)
Captain Cat's Diaries (Afghanistan)
Cashew Man (Canada/Ethiopia)
Change Around the World (Ghana)
Chasing Carly (Lebanon)
Concrete & Barbed Wire (Afghanistan)
Congolese Dawn (DRC)
Deep South Sudan
Emily in Liberia
Ending Extreme Poverty (DRC)
The Faders in Sudan
Faster than a falling coconut (Mozambique)
Forgotten Colombia
Foz in the Moz (Mozambique)
From Congo (DRC)
Globetrotter Mats (World)
Harry Rud (Afghanistan)
Head Down Eyes Open (Geneva)
Hope in Malawi
Humanitarian Relief (World)
A Humourless Lot (World)
Irishman in Ghana
Itinerant and Indigent (Afghanistan)
Jra's thoughts (UK)
Let Them Have Faces (DC)
Letters From Malawi
Live in Luanda (Angola)
Louder than Swahili (Tanzania)
Mangham Mayhem (Mongolia)
Marge in the field (Chad)
Martyns in Africa (Sudan)
The Mekong River Review (Laos)
MeriGoesAround (Benin)
A New Map of the World (DC)
Nic Dominguez (Kenya)
Notes on Development (Ghana)
Our Man in Cameroon
Owen Abroad (Ethiopia)
Paradox Uganda
The Perpetual Bloom (Sri Lanka)
Project Kadutu (DRC)
Pyjama Samsara (Cambodia)
Rob Rooker (Sudan)
Sarah in Malawi
Sharing Means Caring (Switzerland)
Tim in Tamale (Ghana)
Street kids in Vietnam
The Road to the Horizon (World)
The Signs Along The Road (world)
Tales of Life in Mozambique
The Thirsty Palmetto (Sudan)
The Uncultured Project (Bangladesh)
Voice in the Desert (Burkina Faso)
Where in the World? (Malawi)
Worldman (Sri Lanka)
Retired but still interesting aidblogs here
Other interesting blogs to add? Let me know!
Links: Aid resources
This list keeps on growing. Use "+/-" to expand/collapse each section.
No time to read it all? Check these sites' latest updates in "For Those Who Want To Know".
● Resources for aidworkers: +/-
Aid Info
Aid Worker Daily
AWN - The Aid Workers Network
Appropedia
Dev-Zone
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Dgroups - Development mailing lists
Development Initiatives
Development through enterprise
Getting Humanitarian Aid Right
Global Humanitarian Assistance
Humanitarian Info
Humanitarian Practice Network
Humanitarian Technology Network
iCollaborate for Development
iRevolution
The Journal of Humanitarian Assistance
Knowledge Management for Development
NGO Security
Patronus Analytical
People in Aid
Positive Communication
Project Diaspora
Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED)
Third Sector
Zen & the Art of Nonprofit Technology
● Blogs about aid, development and social issues: +/-
Africa Can End Poverty
Africa Unchained
African Wanderings
AfriGadget
Afromusing
Blood and Milk
All for Africa
Beyond Good Intentions
Black Looks
The BoPreneur
Case Foundation Blog
Cause Global
CCF Communities
Center for Global Development blogs
Chan-Chan's Charity Blog
Change!
Chris Blattman's blog
CrissCrossed
Design in Africa
Development Drums
Dying in the Dust
Emily's world
The Enough! Project Blog
Fair trade
Forced Migration Blog
Friends of WFP
Global Voices
Grameen Foundation's blog
Have fun, Do Good
Healing Trauma in DRC
Health Rights Advocate
How I Changed the World Today
ICTlogy
If you only read one thing this week
Imagine 1 Day
In an African Minute
Innovative Ideas for Development
Jackfruity
Kimberly Smith
Kiva News
Living Prepared
MicroFranchising
Blogs by Mines Advisory Group
My Heart's in Accra
Natural Disasters in Indonesia
NetSquared Blog
A New Millennium
MyMADRE blog
Non-for-Profit blog exchange
Oxfam America blog
Peace in the Middle East
ODI Blogs
Inside Peacekeeping in Darfur
The Point Blog
Poverty Action blog
Poverty News Blog
Roxanna Samii blog
Questions in Development
Riches for Good
SaniBlog
So What Can I Do?
Social Actions Blog
Social Entrepreneurship
Stop Genocide
Stop Global Warming
Stop the War in North Kivu
SudanReeves
Tactical Philanthropy
TedBlog
Threads of Genocide Today
Timbuktu Chronicles
TrackerNews Blog
Views and Vision
Vigilante Journalist
Uganda Rural Fund News
United Prosperity blog
War and Health
Water for People blog
White African
WildLifeDirect (Africa)
With my own eyes
Women's Rights
Wronging Rights
● Organisations' field blogs: +/-
Africa Inland Mission
ASAP Africa
AVIF Volunteers in Kenya
Blood Water Mission
CAFOD
Care International
Caritas
Christian Children's Fund
CIVIC
Catholic Relief Services
Concern
DFID (UK Dept. for Int. Development)
Edna Hospital
Engineers Without Borders
Growing Family Trees
HEAL Africa
International Medical Corps
IRC (International Rescue Committee)
Kiva
Mercy Corps
MSF (Doctors without borders)
New Sudan Education Initiative
Oxfam
Peace Corps Journals
Project 58
Raising Malawi
Refugees International
Samaritan's Purse
Save the Children - UK
Solar Aid
Sowing seeds for SOS Eldoret
Sudan Partnership
SudanVenture
Survival
Trocaire
Uganda Village Project
United Methodists in Congo
Village Volunteers
War Child UK
Women for Women International
World Vision International
Wunlang School Project
Unity Bridge
● Social community, social media and bookmarking for a cause: +/-
African Loft
BlogAfrica
The Case Foundation
CauseWired
ChangeMakers
Create For a Cause
Giving In a Digital World
Humanitarian Aid Workers on Ning
Kibassa
Knowledge Management (CGIAR)
Kubatana
MobileActive
NetSquared
Pambazuka
The Point
Social Actions
Social Media and Green Living
Social Media for Change
Witness
Witness Video Library
● Organisations for a cause: +/-
Appropriate Infrastructure Dev.
Center for Global Development
Child Soldier Relief
Humanitarian & Dev. Partnership
Innovations for Poverty Action
International Crisis Group
The Grameen Foundation
Just Give
Kiva
One World
United Prosperity
Water For People
Water is Life
Wokai
Women for Women
World Changing
The World Water Council
● Projects for a cause: +/-
Action for Empowerment
African Well Fund
Committee for refugee women&children
The Enough! Project
EarthWire Climate
Global Dashboard
The Hunger Project
Mali Health Organizing Project
MiaFarrow.org
Millenium Development Goals Monitor
One
Poverty
Room to Read
● On Darfur: +/-
Blog for Darfur
Darfur Awareness
Darfur Consortium
DarfurDarfur
Darfur Daily News
Darfur: A Hell on Earth
Darfur Wall
The Darfur Rehabilitation Project
Eyes on Darfur
Globe for Darfur
Making sense of Darfur
Save Darfur
The World is Watching Darfur
24 hours for Darfur
● Keeping a critical eye on aid & the UN: +/-
No time to read it all? Check these sites' latest updates in "For Those Who Want To Know".
● Resources for aidworkers: +/-
Aid Info
Aid Worker Daily
AWN - The Aid Workers Network
Appropedia
Dev-Zone
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Dgroups - Development mailing lists
Development Initiatives
Development through enterprise
Getting Humanitarian Aid Right
Global Humanitarian Assistance
Humanitarian Info
Humanitarian Practice Network
Humanitarian Technology Network
iCollaborate for Development
iRevolution
The Journal of Humanitarian Assistance
Knowledge Management for Development
NGO Security
Patronus Analytical
People in Aid
Positive Communication
Project Diaspora
Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED)
Third Sector
Zen & the Art of Nonprofit Technology
● Blogs about aid, development and social issues: +/-
Africa Can End Poverty
Africa Unchained
African Wanderings
AfriGadget
Afromusing
Blood and Milk
All for Africa
Beyond Good Intentions
Black Looks
The BoPreneur
Case Foundation Blog
Cause Global
CCF Communities
Center for Global Development blogs
Chan-Chan's Charity Blog
Change!
Chris Blattman's blog
CrissCrossed
Design in Africa
Development Drums
Dying in the Dust
Emily's world
The Enough! Project Blog
Fair trade
Forced Migration Blog
Friends of WFP
Global Voices
Grameen Foundation's blog
Have fun, Do Good
Healing Trauma in DRC
Health Rights Advocate
How I Changed the World Today
ICTlogy
If you only read one thing this week
Imagine 1 Day
In an African Minute
Innovative Ideas for Development
Jackfruity
Kimberly Smith
Kiva News
Living Prepared
MicroFranchising
Blogs by Mines Advisory Group
My Heart's in Accra
Natural Disasters in Indonesia
NetSquared Blog
A New Millennium
MyMADRE blog
Non-for-Profit blog exchange
Oxfam America blog
Peace in the Middle East
ODI Blogs
Inside Peacekeeping in Darfur
The Point Blog
Poverty Action blog
Poverty News Blog
Roxanna Samii blog
Questions in Development
Riches for Good
SaniBlog
So What Can I Do?
Social Actions Blog
Social Entrepreneurship
Stop Genocide
Stop Global Warming
Stop the War in North Kivu
SudanReeves
Tactical Philanthropy
TedBlog
Threads of Genocide Today
Timbuktu Chronicles
TrackerNews Blog
Views and Vision
Vigilante Journalist
Uganda Rural Fund News
United Prosperity blog
War and Health
Water for People blog
White African
WildLifeDirect (Africa)
With my own eyes
Women's Rights
Wronging Rights
● Organisations' field blogs: +/-
Africa Inland Mission
ASAP Africa
AVIF Volunteers in Kenya
Blood Water Mission
CAFOD
Care International
Caritas
Christian Children's Fund
CIVIC
Catholic Relief Services
Concern
DFID (UK Dept. for Int. Development)
Edna Hospital
Engineers Without Borders
Growing Family Trees
HEAL Africa
International Medical Corps
IRC (International Rescue Committee)
Kiva
Mercy Corps
MSF (Doctors without borders)
New Sudan Education Initiative
Oxfam
Peace Corps Journals
Project 58
Raising Malawi
Refugees International
Samaritan's Purse
Save the Children - UK
Solar Aid
Sowing seeds for SOS Eldoret
Sudan Partnership
SudanVenture
Survival
Trocaire
Uganda Village Project
United Methodists in Congo
Village Volunteers
War Child UK
Women for Women International
World Vision International
Wunlang School Project
Unity Bridge
● Social community, social media and bookmarking for a cause: +/-
African Loft
BlogAfrica
The Case Foundation
CauseWired
ChangeMakers
Create For a Cause
Giving In a Digital World
Humanitarian Aid Workers on Ning
Kibassa
Knowledge Management (CGIAR)
Kubatana
MobileActive
NetSquared
Pambazuka
The Point
Social Actions
Social Media and Green Living
Social Media for Change
Witness
Witness Video Library
● Organisations for a cause: +/-
Appropriate Infrastructure Dev.
Center for Global Development
Child Soldier Relief
Humanitarian & Dev. Partnership
Innovations for Poverty Action
International Crisis Group
The Grameen Foundation
Just Give
Kiva
One World
United Prosperity
Water For People
Water is Life
Wokai
Women for Women
World Changing
The World Water Council
● Projects for a cause: +/-
Action for Empowerment
African Well Fund
Committee for refugee women&children
The Enough! Project
EarthWire Climate
Global Dashboard
The Hunger Project
Mali Health Organizing Project
MiaFarrow.org
Millenium Development Goals Monitor
One
Poverty
Room to Read
● On Darfur: +/-
Blog for Darfur
Darfur Awareness
Darfur Consortium
DarfurDarfur
Darfur Daily News
Darfur: A Hell on Earth
Darfur Wall
The Darfur Rehabilitation Project
Eyes on Darfur
Globe for Darfur
Making sense of Darfur
Save Darfur
The World is Watching Darfur
24 hours for Darfur
● Keeping a critical eye on aid & the UN: +/-
Links: Aid news sites
No time to read it all? Check the latest headlines in AidNews.
AlertNet
All Africa
DOT Earth
Earth Community Project
International Aidworkers Today
IRIN
Inter Press Service
NEED Magazine
News for Development Professionals
NewsTracker
The Other World News
The Road Daily
For Those Who Want To Know
WorldFocus
AlertNet
All Africa
DOT Earth
Earth Community Project
International Aidworkers Today
IRIN
Inter Press Service
NEED Magazine
News for Development Professionals
NewsTracker
The Other World News
The Road Daily
For Those Who Want To Know
WorldFocus
Links: Expats, travellers, etc..
Expats, travellers, adventurers, people with their heart in the right place...:
Addicted to the Horizon (Antarctica, Pacific)
Retired Armchair Traveler (DRC)
Afghan Lord
Africa Beat
Baba's Projects (World)
Beading Stars
Bleeding Espresso (Italy)
Carpetblogger (Turkey)
The Deeper Meaning of Life (Kenya)
Desert Girl in Kuwait
Everything, Everywhere (World)
Extra Extra (DRC)
Holli's Ramblings (Ghana)
The House in Marrakesh (Morocco)
Indian Backpakker
Ink On My Fingers
Life in Dubai
Lulu's Bay (Egypt)
Meskel Square (Sudan)
Nomad 4 Ever (Asia)
Paddy in Buenos Aires
Peregrine By Nature (Senegal)
Primitive Culture (World)
Addicted to the Horizon (World-in Dutch)
Somewhere in Africa
South of West (Africa)
The Sudanese Thinker
Transitionland (World)
The Traveller Within (World)
Ugandan Insomniac
Uganda Scarlett Lion
The Unforgiving Minute (World)
The Video Journalist (Africa)
The View from Fez (Morocco)
Other interesting blogs to add? Let me know!
Addicted to the Horizon (Antarctica, Pacific)
Retired Armchair Traveler (DRC)
Afghan Lord
Africa Beat
Baba's Projects (World)
Beading Stars
Bleeding Espresso (Italy)
Carpetblogger (Turkey)
The Deeper Meaning of Life (Kenya)
Desert Girl in Kuwait
Everything, Everywhere (World)
Extra Extra (DRC)
Holli's Ramblings (Ghana)
The House in Marrakesh (Morocco)
Indian Backpakker
Ink On My Fingers
Life in Dubai
Lulu's Bay (Egypt)
Meskel Square (Sudan)
Nomad 4 Ever (Asia)
Paddy in Buenos Aires
Peregrine By Nature (Senegal)
Primitive Culture (World)
Addicted to the Horizon (World-in Dutch)
Somewhere in Africa
South of West (Africa)
The Sudanese Thinker
Transitionland (World)
The Traveller Within (World)
Ugandan Insomniac
Uganda Scarlett Lion
The Unforgiving Minute (World)
The Video Journalist (Africa)
The View from Fez (Morocco)
Other interesting blogs to add? Let me know!
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1 comments:
I'd never been to St Lucia. Thanks for the photo. You are very fortunate indeed.
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