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Our Director, Katherine Tubb, was interviewed by Simon Calder on The Travel Clinic on Sunday 19th October on LBC 97.3fm . To listen again, visit http://www.lbc.co.uk/simon-calders-travel-blog-3525/entry/92/1192
We have been contacted by Channel 4’s ‘Embarrassing Bodies’ team to offer our volunteers the chance to visit health professionals to talk about any health concerns they have in relation to volunteering abroad.
2Way Development would like to thank People Unlimited in being so supportive in the last year in hosting our open evening events at their offices in central London.
We would like to hear from anyone affected by the credit crunch and your ability to get jobs in the charity sector in the UK. If you have been made redundant, are you thinking about using your time to build skills overseas, and escape the UK? If so, please contact us.
October:
Katie Greatorex
Placement Country:
Botswana
Placement Focus:
Working in a school for children with mental and physical disabilities, as well as
working one day a week in the Physio Dept of the Princess Marina Hospital in
Gabarone and one day a week doing outreach work in Ramotswa.
Role:
Physiotherapist / outreach worker
Katie’s experience and Contributions:
-implemented programmes educating about cerebral palsy and advised on methods for living with the day to day implications, carried out outreach work to physically disabled children, and made referrals to larger clinics where appropriate
Results/Impact of Placement:
-Helped put in place Physiotherapy programmes that ultimately helped a boy learn how to use both of his arms and begin to walk.
-Influenced the development of several other children who had previously been unable to walk
Press Coverage:
-was featured, with 2 other older volunteers, in an article in The Lady entitled ‘Gap Year for Oldies.’
Impact on career:
Katie’s words of wisdom:
‘I have achieved an ambition and feel very pleased to have done so. Being older has an advantage not a draw back, so if it is your ambition too, go for it.’
Disclaimer:
2Way Development is presenting information it has gathered from external sources for the objective purpose of sharing development news. It does not claim to be taking a position on these issues.
Private Sector
Google and Charity
Google is providing grants to the Children’s Society in the form of advertising. They are going to advertise their mentoring scheme, the National Mentoring Initiative, for free on Google through sponsored links when relevant searches are made. Read more below:
www.chain-reaction.orgNGOs/IGOs
MUNOC
Congo- Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have taken over a city in the north of the country. The National Congress for the Defense of the People, as this group is called, is being led by former general Laurent Nkunda, and MUNOC, or UN Mission in Congo, is doing its best to mediate the situation. See article for more details.
Grassroots
Young Girl a Champion for Democracy
Olena Prykhodko, a 16 year old Ukrainian young woman, has been making her mark on the world since the age of seven. She is particularly focussed on rights, development, and peace. Read more about Olena below:
http://us.oneworld.net/article/357892-at-16-a-champion-democracyCharity Groups
Chain Reaction 2008
This is a project that links businesses, charities, and governments through events the inspire social leaders, activists, policy makers, business leaders, and everyday citizens to come together and brainstorm ideas for social change on a local to a global level. Through speeches, workshops, and other activities on 17th and 18th November, the event seeks to inspire collaboration and innovation.
Special Topic for November: WWF and World Consumption
The World Wildlife Fund has come forward to say that the lifestyles of the people of the world are getting in the way of environmental renewal, and are therefore threatening the planet. The consumption rate is rising, and as the planet is being effected already, it is in even more danger should this trend continue. See article for more details.
http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnJOE49S00I.html