Bangladesh rising

Many of us probably missed it, but on Tuesday a long awaited election happened in Bangladesh, and two years of military-backed rule was broken through a free, fair and incident-free election. A record voter turnout voted for a secular, progressive alliance led by two women… big news for a small country, but going by [...]

Ban the [plastic] bag

One of the things that struck us all whilst in Bangladesh was the high importance given to the environment and climate change, and in particular the high practical response to mitigating against it.
Bangladesh is low-lying and one of the most at risk countries in the world for rising sea levels and changing weather patterns. Everywhere [...]

Back from Bangladesh

We got back from Bangladesh ealier this week… had a great trip. Hectic time of visiting lots of projects and places, but it was great and we met some wonderful people. Will post about the trip more… but for now I’ve uploaded some photo’s to my Flickr pages – and below are a few favourites.
women’s [...]

off to Bangladesh

Well after a week of being ‘down with flu’ I re-enter the world with barely enough time to pack my bags and head off to Bangladesh… Tomorrow I shall be meeting up with five fellow travellers to visit the Church of Bangladesh and what they are doing through their Social Development Programme that provides practical [...]

Yurting around

Had a great few days last week in east Devon staying in a yurt… beautiful structures and lovely to sit in rain or shine! Fortunately we timed our trip with the few days of sunshine last week, so most of the time we were hanging in the hammock under the sun… watching the buttercups move [...]