Vision Beyond Borders

29/05/2011

Is five minutes enough time to volunteer? http://bbc.in/j7Nfcz

11/05/2011

"Kill the G**s" bill could be passed in 12 hours-sign this urgent petition to stop it!

08/05/2011

More than 100 projects across the globe desperately need your support. Use our interactive map to find out where they are – and what you need to pack: http://www.stuffyourrucksack.com/

More than 100 projects across the globe desperately need your support. Use our interactive map to find out where they are – and what you need to pack – and turn your next holiday into a life-changing experience.

05/05/2011

Private sector 'increasingly important' for development in Africa | Liz Ford http://t.co/dvRARm4 via

04/05/2011

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/5/4/time-harvard-hawley-students/

In the last four months, one Harvard student has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, visited the pyramids, witnessed lions in their natural habitat, and was even mugged on his first day in Tanzania—an experience which he describes as just one in a series of “pretty crazy adventures.”

03/05/2011

Why you should enter the Guardian's International Development Journalism Competition
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/may/03/international-development-journalism-competition?CMP=twt_fd

Sue George: Now in its fourth year, the competition invites aspiring and professional journalists to put the spotlight on the developing world — with the chance of publication in the Guardian

01/05/2011

http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/gapyear/

Essential advice for gap year travellers

06/04/2011

I saw a gap between what there is, what there should be and what we are offered by gvts, firms and charities.

15/03/2011

14/03/2011

Benjamin Cohen has a nifty map showing how news of the Japanese disaster spread on social media:
http://blogs.channel4.com/benjamin-cohen-on-technology/facebook-map-reveals-how-news-of-the-japanese-earthquake-and-tsunami-spread/2263

Facebook have today released this fascinating graphic that shows how news of the disaster hitting Japan has spread around the world.

07/03/2011

http://www.businessfightspoverty.org/profiles/blogs/job-opportunity-private-sector

DFID is recruiting for Private Sector Development Advisors at various grades. In October 2010, the Secretary of State for International Development, Andrew Mit…

03/03/2011

“There is just no doubt. If we are to continue living in cities we will have to stop stripping nature bare with no thought for tomorrow. What we do now in our homes and in our streets affects the entire planet. The future of our civilisation depends on us restoring the balance between the natural world and the urban jungle. Can we do it?” (John Hurt very gracefully narrating Human Planet): http://tinyurl.com/232ojsd

Human Planet Explorer allows you to browse a selections of clips that showcase man's relationship with the natural environment.

01/03/2011

Today UK International Development Secretary announced the key outcomes of two aid reviews: http://bit.ly/i6iEAh

01/03/2011

On in 1min! http://bbc.in/42T1FI: Andrew Mitchell - The government is to outline plans to stop direct development aid to 16 countries.

01/03/2011

Urgent help needed to help refugees from Libya http://bit.ly/eZrgj6

01/03/2011

Aid budget will be better focussed say UK MP's: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12599969

16/02/2011

Scrambling for Africa: Go to Africa on an egg | The Economist http://t.co/AUOix0y via

02/02/2011

RT : http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Media-Room/News-Stories/2011/UK-launches-trade-initiative-to-pull-millions-of-Africans-out-of-poverty