Marvellous Obot·Jun 24What Fieldwork Teaches You That Strategy Documents Never WillI’ve learned a lot from strategy documents. Frameworks. Theory of change models. Communication plans. Needs assessments. Project proposals…
John Forster Smith·Nov 3, 2025Why Connection Still Matters in Remote Development Work?I thought that was going to be the hardest part remote syncing design files, code reviews, version histories. None of these were the…
InThe Corporate Hamster WheelbyMark Stuart Farrar·Apr 29, 2025Development Work or Live Support Work?The choice matters — whether you’re working for someone else or yourself
E Sofiatry·Jul 3, 2023A note of Developing Global Education Program from Eastern Indonesia #1Today is marking the 4th year I have been working with an emerging university in Eastern Indonesia, Sumbawa University of Technology. I…
Celina·Nov 14, 2021Blessed are the PoorAfter a nearly 4-month hiatus, my co-workers and I finally returned to conducting fieldwork. This means walking through narrow eskinitas…
Bernie Mshana·Jun 7, 2021Urban babe in the bush: a not so secret aid workerThis post was originally posted on berniemshana.com
Roman Kerres·Dec 17, 2019Why development work must change radicallyImagine you are standing in front of a school class of 15–16 years old kids. Imagine they are all staring at you because you look…
Lea Fenix·Dec 3, 2019How I Made a Career from Helping Communities Become BetterThe start of the Journey
