Hi everyone!
Just FYI, Darko is back on track at WFP! ;) A big thanks to the TNT-GEP Programme! Feels good to be part of the family again.
Groote Groetjes en verblijf tuned voor meer avonturen uit Gambia!
Hi everyone!
Just FYI, Darko is back on track at WFP! ;) A big thanks to the TNT-GEP Programme! Feels good to be part of the family again.
Groote Groetjes en verblijf tuned voor meer avonturen uit Gambia!
Truly, this is sometimes easier said than done given the many soft contradictions between the two ´worlds´ in terms of culture, attitude, expectations, lifestyle, problem perceptions, initiative etc. which I have encountered and which now become dramatically more apparent to me.
Before I was selected to participate in the TNT Global Experience Programme and intern for
Part I – A thought provoking field trip
About 10 days ago I came back from a 3-day field visit to some of The Gambia’s most remote areas of which the purpose was to study the role of food markets and the trade in cereals on the country’s overall food security prospects. The mission was organized jointly by WFP and the Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS-NET) and included interviews and key informant surveys with importers, wholesalers and many local retailers of rice and coarse grains in different markets throughout the country.
Yes, corruption in its nastiest sense of the word, and I am not talking solely about “mismanagement” or "embezzlement" of resources, as some would like to wrap it up nicely in order not to make the embarrassment so plain and direct to whoever is (or not) involved in whichever aid issue. If we are talking about corruption than let us call the devil by his/her/its real name: robbing the most vulnerable in acute need.