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Comment on #211 Treating locals as peers by dmaranan

dmaranan — Sun, 19 May 2013 02:05:42 +0000

This left me and my friend laughing so hard. “WHY CAN’T YOU BE EMPOWERED ALREADY??”

Comment on #136 The Sachs-Easterly Debate by The Next Generation of African Development Scholars | AfriCat Galloway

The Next Generation of African Development Scholars | AfriCat Galloway — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:56:31 +0000

[…] second question I wanted to ask was more complicated: Where did these students sit on the great foreign aid debate: Should we give more aid? Or is aid the problem? The secondary school Civics syllabus sets out to […]

Comment on #2 Blending In by Blogging for the Folks Back Home. | Chatter from Nkhata

Blogging for the Folks Back Home. | Chatter from Nkhata — Sun, 12 May 2013 15:24:34 +0000

[…] blogging for the folks back home, the important thing is to prove you are blending in well with your new surroundings. You also want to reassure worried parents that you are fine and […]

Comment on #44 Blogging for the Folks Back Home by Blogging for the Folks Back Home. | Chatter from Nkhata

Blogging for the Folks Back Home. | Chatter from Nkhata — Sun, 12 May 2013 15:24:31 +0000

[…] there was this post… http://stuffexpataidworkerslike.com/2011/04/11/44-blogging-for-the-folks-back-home/. A few choice quotes […]

Comment on #147 Gossip by Suva_Expat

Suva_Expat — Fri, 10 May 2013 04:55:17 +0000

This is too good. I can endorse it on behalf of all expats in their twenties and early-30s living (or had lived) in Suva, Fiji! So true.

Comment on #4 Drivers by Kristin

Kristin — Wed, 08 May 2013 03:17:31 +0000

I was literally giggling. I am so guilty, it is uncanny. How did you know? Were you in the backseat? … I was almost always in the front. :)

Comment on #212 Sexploits by tribalstrategies

tribalstrategies — Wed, 01 May 2013 08:56:33 +0000

Lusaka? Ahway…

Comment on ToonsEAWL: Theories of Change by Stuart

Stuart — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:51:02 +0000

Thats what we Theory of Change people call Theory of Action :)

Comment on #17 Pretending not to see each other by Niamey, first impressions | desk.officer.warrior

Niamey, first impressions | desk.officer.warrior — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:38:41 +0000

[...] in a disaster du jour – expat humanitarian workers, young and old, glued to their thinkpads, pretending not to see each other and plotting life saving interventions. I used to read a lot about these guys but ironically, I am [...]

Comment on ToonsEAWL: Bitching about Thatcher (or “Maggie”) by HOLLYWOOD GIRL

HOLLYWOOD GIRL — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:33:40 +0000

THE UK FOREIGN OFFICE HAS JUST BOTCHED THE VIP GUEST LIST ON YET ANOTHER STATE FUNERAL . . . THEY FORGOT TO INVITE THE SMART LITTLE GUY WHO IS SELLING DENIS THATCHER’S WW2 GERMAN MILITARY COAT ON EBAY FOR £10 MILLION POUNDS . . . MAGGIE WOULD DEFINITELY APPROVE !!!