Because they are human
It’s been 2 months since I was last in Zimbabwe. A lot has changed since then. The financial crisis here in the UK has started to have a real impact in some people’s lives– hardly a day goes by without...
View ArticleDestination: Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe (courtesy of the FCO) The final leg of my journey into Zimbabwe was ahead of me. We left behind the shopping bazaars in Johannesburg's airport: duty-free shops piled high with chocolate,...
View ArticleKeeping track of cholera
During the whole of my first week in Harare, I was busy attending meetings all day everyday with stakeholders in the humanitarian response - humanitarian agencies such as the committee of the...
View ArticleFood shopping in Harare includes dried caterpillars by the sackful
On Saturday morning, I was pleased to leave behind the office buildings where I’d spent the week, as I drove out to visit the biggest outdoor market in Harare in the downtown high-density suburb called...
View ArticleReturn to Zimbabwe
During the last few months, I've been working away at my desk job in London, as well as making a couple of monitoring visits to Zambia & Madagascar. As a keen cyclist, I was interested to meet the...
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