Monthly Archives: November 2012
I’d like you to meet Union Council 69, Lahore, Pakistan
Union Council 69 or Afghan Town or sometimes known as Manzoor Park was where I was privileged to visit with UNCEF staff in order to choose for a wonderful program known as Polio Points. Polio Points is where students at the International … Continue reading
An event report – 2 days of information & inspiration with NUST BioReach Society!
Report from Aisha Zaheer, executive member from the NUST BioReach Society’s publications’ team on the presentation and workshop I shared at NUST last week… This is not to flatter myself but nice to see the way one person from Pakistan took it … Continue reading
Originally posted on Happy Simply – a sustainable lifestyle model & education project:
This is what I have been waiting for to really kick this idea off – a poster and kind of visual representation of the concept and my brain.…
So, why polio?
So, why Polio? I’m not sure if this is the most asked question of me or the question I ask myself the most. I have no personal connection to polio. I’m not an epidemiologist. Polio was eradicated in my home country … Continue reading
Irregular Bowel Syndrome
Since being in Pakistan my bowel movements have been as uniform as the stairs here – hate to be a critic as I would have no idea how to make uniform stairs in buildings but I think the Pakistani builders … Continue reading
The Show Must Go On… Peshawar Presentation!
This post a co-written press release on a video conference presentation I gave to uni students in Peshawar, where I wish I could have visited in person but I couldn’t get the extra permissions needed for security clearance to visit … Continue reading
The kind of society we need to see more of in the world…
To be in a room full of highly empathetic, engaged, active and effective students as I was yesterday at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) is NOT who the Global Poverty Project 1.4 Billion Reasons presentation was designed … Continue reading
It Takes a Village to Build a Village
An important pre-note to this post. The example I will share with you here is one of the latest of many from the Pakistan Rotary Polio Plus Committee which has been gathering momentum over the last few years, working closely … Continue reading
Interview – what, why, how and lessons on social justice, aid and development (my view!)
Interview with Global Health Gateway – looking at all thing social justice, global health, volunteering and aid and development… This is very self-indulgent but I feel I get asked these questions enough that it is worth putting in my answers. … Continue reading
17 Fantastic Hours of Polio Eradication
The 2nd of November I feel I have to share with you this date and the details of it as the inspiration floating around this day was incredible… A beautiful early start to the day while the temperature hovers below … Continue reading
Living Geography with d'Arcy 