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2012 and back for a brief visit.... - 07/Jan/2012 15:48 - 4716 days ago
The beginning of a new year, a new government for Jamaica, and a brief visit in Kingston. It is delightful to be back and experi...
Last post from 5 Old Church Road - 18/May/2011 11:58 - 4950 days ago
This final week has been full and wonderful. I have been as busy as ever with work and also had time to say many goodbyes. This ...
Report writing and reflection, concluding my work here. - 08/May/2011 11:07 - 4960 days ago
It has been a week of reflection but also a week in which new things have been started. Much of the week was spent at the Peace ...
Long weekend, long week. - 01/May/2011 12:24 - 4967 days ago
Easter weekend provided some much needed time to do final planning for the conference but also to take a day of respite. Althoug...
Conference, curfew and caches - 24/Apr/2011 12:47 - 4974 days ago
This week was a short week and had a holiday feel to it as schools closed mid-week for the Easter Break. Work included daily foc...
Press, Parliament and conference count-down. - 17/Apr/2011 12:36 - 4981 days ago
Another sunny Sunday morning and once again in the garden. The week has included a press launch, the resumption of Parliament, t...
From the garden - 10/Apr/2011 12:35 - 4988 days ago
The end of another week and time is going much too quickly. This week has been focused on the 5th Caribbean Conference on Disput...
From contracts to coast - 03/Apr/2011 12:04 - 4995 days ago
Another full week with the Youth Programme, the Burgher Project and the 5th Caribbean Conference, a surprise birthday party, soc...
Cloudless skies - 27/Mar/2011 13:49 - 5002 days ago
The week has gone quickly absorbed by time at the Burgher Gully Project, 5th Caribbean Conference on Dispute Resolution planning...
Fish Fry, funding and the future... - 20/Mar/2011 12:20 - 5009 days ago
A diverse week, touching base with various different projects and back to the task of finding funding. Much of what I am engaged...
Celebrating Women, recognising gender - 13/Mar/2011 12:54 - 5016 days ago
Given the Centenary of International Women's Day the focus this week has been on women, but also gender. The topic promotes acti...
Peace Week - 06/Mar/2011 13:17 - 5023 days ago
This week is Peace Week, though for the whole month particular attention is focused on gaining peace in Jamaica, and I attended ...
The wrong side of the Law? - 27/Feb/2011 12:23 - 5030 days ago
A week in which the culmination of much planning led to people coming together, but no definitive word on funding from the Minis...
Looking beyond today - 20/Feb/2011 13:04 - 5037 days ago
This has been a week focussed on looking beyond today, for the Burgher Gully Project, for DRF, for Parents' Place and for the Yo...
Contrasts - 13/Feb/2011 13:13 - 5044 days ago
The week has been one of extreme contrasts from one place to another, from cold to hot, from optimism to concern and at the end ...
Two Cities - 06/Feb/2011 13:14 - 5051 days ago
This week has once gain seen me in two countries, two cultures and two climates as I started the week in Jamaica and ended it in...
Organising - 30/Jan/2011 12:19 - 5058 days ago
The week has been strongly focused on organising and planning, though with somewhat limited success. Organising the 5th Caribbea...
A short week. - 23/Jan/2011 13:15 - 5065 days ago
Having flown back from Washington on Tuesday the week felt quite short. I arrived at the office at lunchtime and quickly settled...
Zinc Alleys - 16/Jan/2011 15:54 - 5072 days ago
Another week in which I have been involved in lots of things: the BurgherBoyz, Parents' Places, Global Implementation Conference...
"Blessed I have life." - 10/Jan/2011 01:55 - 5078 days ago
Getting back to work after the new year has been interesting and busy. Putting on the ground the new programme recently funded b...
2011 - A New Year and a friendly welcome home - 02/Jan/2011 13:00 - 5086 days ago
2010 proved to be a year full of surprises and changes and a year spent in a remarkable place getting to know remarkable people....
A Very Different Island - 26/Dec/2010 12:30 - 5093 days ago
This week I am not in Jamaica but in Barbados where Haley, Tasha and I are very comfortably settled for the holidays. It is wond...
Happy Christmas and Best Wishes for 2011! - 24/Dec/2010 11:23 - 5095 days ago
It is Christmas Eve and as the sun rises and I sit and look out at the Caribbean Sea, I think back on the year and appreciate ho...
The Holidays Begin! - 19/Dec/2010 12:40 - 5100 days ago
It has been week full of indications of the holidays and preparations for new work in the new year. Final dayswith the students,...
A cold front moving in.... - 12/Dec/2010 13:00 - 5107 days ago
The feel this week has definitely been one of the ending of the current year and the beginning of a new one. DRF was a hive of a...
Untitled - 05/Dec/2010 13:00 - 5114 days ago
The week has been full with long and busy days mostly spent at DRF working on the Annual Report for theAGM next week, exploring ...
In Jamaica, youth is certainly NOT wasted on the young* - 28/Nov/2010 12:41 - 5121 days ago
(*with apologies to George Bernard Shaw)Each week, one way or another, I am reminded of the tremendous strengths of Jamaica and ...
Best 50 Volunteer Blogs - In Jamaica made the list! - 25/Nov/2010 21:35 - 5124 days ago
http://www.connect-123.com/2010/11/02/the-best-50-volunteer-blogs-from-around-the-world/This news was passed on to me by Mark (t...
Changing Seasons - 21/Nov/2010 12:14 - 5128 days ago
This week the mornings have been particularly lovely. As the days get shorter and the nights cooler the sun is only just peaking...
A quiet week - 14/Nov/2010 13:00 - 5135 days ago
This week feels as if it has been quiet, though filled with things of interest. Quiet in that there has been no threat of hurric...
Can you help? - 09/Nov/2010 00:05 - 5140 days ago
Funds are needed to ship donations from Ontario to Jamaica.The donations are for women in 2 communities that were flooded out by...
Waiting for Tomas - 07/Nov/2010 13:00 - 5142 days ago
Much of the week was spent watching and waiting for Hurricane Tomas. Having been surprised by TropicalStorm Nicole there was a v...
Hurricane season is not quite over - 31/Oct/2010 13:00 - 5149 days ago
The week has been somewhat challenging as much of what I have been involved in focussed on children as the victims of violence. ...
Just trying to survive - 24/Oct/2010 11:00 - 5156 days ago
Another week in the rainy season in which storms threatened but luckily for us, did not materialise here. There is a feel of cha...
Kingston has been home for a year! - 17/Oct/2010 12:48 - 5163 days ago
As anniversaries often do this week has prompted much reflection about the past year. Kingston has now been home for me for a ye...
No obligation - 10/Oct/2010 13:12 - 5170 days ago
The week has not been quite as wet as last however the rainy season is certainly more typical than my first October here! My umb...
Rain, rain go away... - 03/Oct/2010 13:00 - 5177 days ago
For the first time in a year I have experienced a week with almost no sunshine. So far the hurricane season hasbeen relatively k...
Kingston from a different vantage point - 26/Sep/2010 12:58 - 5184 days ago
This week has been one in which I have stayed close to home. No travels outside Kingston though being in Kingston has been quite...
Too soon to leave - 19/Sep/2010 12:55 - 5191 days ago
The week has provided a broad range of activities which has underscored for me how fortunate it is that circumstance gave me the...
First week of the new school year - 12/Sep/2010 19:48 - 5198 days ago
Monday morning was warm and sunny and the streets were full of children in crisp new school uniforms, wellgroomed hair and expre...
Settling back home - 05/Sep/2010 13:00 - 5205 days ago
Having arrived home late on Sunday evening I was up and out early to start the work week. The two weeks I was away were relative...
Two Weeks in Toronto and many Goodbyes - 31/Aug/2010 14:00 - 5210 days ago
This is a blog of a different nature as the last two weeks were not spent In Jamaica but in Toronto.The two weeks were full of b...
Jamaica - 48 years of Independence - 08/Aug/2010 14:00 - 5233 days ago
This week is affectionately known as EmanciPendence Week as it is bookended with Emancipation Day on August 1st and Independence...
Emancipation Day - 02/Aug/2010 18:00 - 5239 days ago
It is Monday morning on Emancipation Day and my apologies for the late post! Sunday morning was spent watching the sunrise over ...
Summer Camp, curfew and conformity - 25/Jul/2010 13:00 - 5247 days ago
This week has definitely felt like summer. It is hot and humid, the youth programme has started its summer camp and there are fe...
Comings and goings - 18/Jul/2010 13:00 - 5254 days ago
The week offered quite a variety of activity and visits to three other DRF locations, visitors coming and going, volunteers head...
Broadening my scope... - 12/Jul/2010 02:25 - 5260 days ago
The week feels as if it has been full of opportunities, and consequently the time disappeared. I am getting involved in a wider ...
Community Development and Celebrations - 04/Jul/2010 13:00 - 5268 days ago
This week has provided a broad range of activities at work which contributed to a busy, demanding and interesting week, but limi...
The Next Phase - 27/Jun/2010 13:00 - 5275 days ago
This week seems to have been a point of transition in many aspects of my current experience, perhaps the summer solstice has a s...
Singing at Security - 20/Jun/2010 13:01 - 5282 days ago
Having had a wonderful few days away with lots of productive work on planning the Inaugural Global Implementation Conference 201...
Off the island... - 16/Jun/2010 12:38 - 5286 days ago
My usual post is delayed as I have been off the island for a few days and travelling has interrupted my routine! This week's pos...
An uneasy quiet - 06/Jun/2010 13:00 - 5296 days ago
It has been a week of uneasiness but quiet. Schools are re-opening, information about the deaths and thedamage caused by the tro...
The butterflies are back! - 29/May/2010 15:16 - 5304 days ago
It has been a difficult week, unsettled on all fronts and a stark reminder that this is not a gentle or benign environment. The ...
Country under seige - 25/May/2010 22:23 - 5308 days ago
This week's events warrant an additional blog, and given I am unable to go to work and am settled at home in one of the areas th...
City under stress but a long weekend to relax - 23/May/2010 13:00 - 5310 days ago
It has been a stressful week in Kingston. The outcome of last week's political machinations was not the resignation of either th...
Will he resign? - 16/May/2010 13:17 - 5317 days ago
In Jamaica politics always promotes opinionated discussion and this week more so. As I write this the current Prime Minister is ...
Mother's Day! - 09/May/2010 14:07 - 5324 days ago
It is Mother's Day and so my thoughts are turned to the role of Mothers in Jamaica. It is the most revered andrespected role wit...
Just another week in potential paradise - 02/May/2010 13:00 - 5331 days ago
In many ways it has been a routine week in the life of my work at DRF. I have been settling back in after thetrip to Ontario and...
There and back again - 25/Apr/2010 12:54 - 5338 days ago
The week has been one that has straddled my various lives and illustrated to me how tremendously fortunate I am. Sunday took me ...
Limited resources - 20/Apr/2010 08:00 - 5343 days ago
In a developing country both water and funding are commodities that assume an importance rarely appreciated in industrialised, w...
The Half-Way Point... - 11/Apr/2010 13:00 - 5352 days ago
This week it struck me that I am past the half-way point in theyear. As I have been organising things for the week in Ontario I ...
A week of less work and more play. - 04/Apr/2010 01:19 - 5359 days ago
Family and friends have definitely been the focus of the week. From Sunday onwards I have enjoyed the company of both, with visi...
Jamaican Youth: soaring and struggling - 28/Mar/2010 13:00 - 5366 days ago
Young people were definitely the focus of the week as I attended presentations, sponsored by CUSO-VSO and organised by two of my...
March Madness and the month of CHAMPS - 21/Mar/2010 13:00 - 5373 days ago
March Madness was the subject line used by the CUSO-VSO Programme Manager, Jamaica when he distributed a calendar of events for ...
Workshop, interviews and political dilemmas - 14/Mar/2010 13:00 - 5380 days ago
This week work included finalising the activities for the DRF 2 day workshop, interviewing candidates for Youth Peace Facilitato...
Can't see the view for looking for the potholes - 07/Mar/2010 13:00 - 5387 days ago
If I ever collect up these thoughts into a book this will be the title (or something like this approporiately editted to be snap...
Event Planning but not Tasha's Birthday celebration...Happy Birthday Tasha! - 28/Feb/2010 13:00 - 5394 days ago
One of the things that seems to be characteristic of life in Jamaica is 'events'. There are many events to celebrate, acknowledg...
A Circuitous Route to Little Ochi! - 21/Feb/2010 13:00 - 5401 days ago
Early in the week I drove to Montego Bay with the Youth Programme Manager so we could meet with a number of school principals an...
Water woes - 14/Feb/2010 13:00 - 5408 days ago
The dominant topic of the week has been the escalating water crisis. With only about 3 hours of rain since the deluge at Christm...
Christmas Trees, Coconuts and Colgate Tubes - 07/Feb/2010 14:00 - 5415 days ago
This week was declared Restorative Justice Week by the Jamaican Government. From meetings with students and parents, writing fun...
The Influential Men... - 31/Jan/2010 13:00 - 5422 days ago
This week has been one in which many of the activities I have been involved in have been focussed on developing strategies that ...
Impact and Accomplishments - 24/Jan/2010 13:00 - 5429 days ago
When talking to my older brother yesterday, who was liming in a beautiful bay in St Lucia and yet still answering calls from his...
Judgement and Punishment - 17/Jan/2010 13:00 - 5436 days ago
As is typical I started this blog at the beginning of the week. The process of editing and consolidating that I do at the end be...
Back to Work - 10/Jan/2010 00:00 - 5443 days ago
This week started bright and early Monday morning for the first week of work of the new year. As I got organised to leave I noti...
The End of 2009 and the Beginning of New Decade - 31/Dec/2009 21:43 - 5453 days ago
The evening is drawing in as the year comes to a close. At the beginning of the year I had no idea where I might be on Dec 31st ...
A Delightful Christmas Holiday - 30/Dec/2009 20:00 - 5454 days ago
Having Haley and Tasha here was really wonderful and we enjoyed a fine balance of days doing very little and days travelling aro...
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! - 24/Dec/2009 21:09 - 5460 days ago
It is Christmas Eve and I am enjoying a wonderful time with Haley and Tasha. Our Christmas will not be our traditional event wit...
Being a tourist - 20/Dec/2009 10:13 - 5464 days ago
This is a different experience of Jamaica. My daughters arrived safely and we settled into a comfortable Freeport apartment loan...
Christmas is coming....but not snow! - 12/Dec/2009 13:35 - 5472 days ago
It was a busy week at work. Dispute Resolution Foundation had it's Annual General Meeting on December 11th. An occassion which p...
Underlying tensions - 05/Dec/2009 14:00 - 5479 days ago
As I move from first impressions to a deeper understanding of life in Kingston I become acutely aware of the difficulty in being...
Busy at work and lots of travel - 29/Nov/2009 04:47 - 5485 days ago
This week has been a busy week at work, including working all day Saturday. There is so much to address within the organisation ...
A weekend in Paradise then back to Paradise tarnished - 16/Nov/2009 13:12 - 5498 days ago
The trip out of the city to Port Antonio was wonderful. The mountain roadzig-zaggedthrough tiny villages, passed hand-made foot ...
Settling into a routine - 13/Nov/2009 11:27 - 5501 days ago
How quickly we adapt, so much is now feeling familiar. At work I am settled into the Youth Programme division at the Peace Centr...
Week 1 at Dispute Resolution Foundation - 06/Nov/2009 01:26 - 5508 days ago
I have completed the first full week at DRFhttp://www.disputeresolutionfoundation.com/and confirmed that it is a very busy place...
From Violent beginnings... - 31/Oct/2009 12:04 - 5514 days ago
It's the end of another busy week and I am much more knowledgeable about the history of Jamaica. The CUSO-VSO Orientation has be...
Day 10 in Kingston Jamaica - 26/Oct/2009 00:21 - 5519 days ago
The first ten days have gone quickly in a flurry of activity. Arrived late in the evening to warm, humid tropical air. The hotel...
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