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regional volunteering strategies

Posted by debbieu on 19/11/2008

Steve wrote recently on UKVPMs that he had advocated regional volunteer management strategies in his last post in a national organisation, but was looked at blankly. I have recently been working in a national organisation with a centralised volunteering strategy role and certainly one of the thing ...

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Trinidad & Tobago: Flood!

Posted by Janine Mendes-Franco on 19/11/2008

Trinidad and Tobago has been at the receiving end of some heavy rains over the past few days, resulting in severe flood waters that have immobilized commuters , compromised infrastructure and wreaked havoc on the public transportation system . But only a handful of local bloggers were on to ...

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Japan: Asia 21 Tokyo Summit

Posted by Scilla Alecci on 19/11/2008

From the 14th to the 16th of November the Asia 21 Young Leaders Summit was held in Tokyo, with 160 young leaders debating this year's topic of “Challenges Across Borders, Solutions Beyond Cultures”, focusing on ways to make the culture relevant in our changing world. The diary of the ...

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Yellow Humvees and the UN Procurement Scandal

Posted by Juliana Rotich on 18/11/2008

The use of SUVs by UN staff in Nairobi is rankling some bloggers. They are posting pictures on their blogs, and have even created a flickr pool called ‘Kick The Habit'. The title of the set of pictures borrows from UNEP's (United Nations Environment Program) campaign from June of this ...

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India: Landing on the Moon

Posted by Rezwan on 14/11/2008

The Moon Impact Probe (MIP) of the Indian space mission Chandrayaan-1 crash Landed successfully on the Moon today. My Thought Waves reacts: “Chandrayaan has made each one of us proud. We now join one of the very few countries in the world to have demonstrated the capability to carry out space ...

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