Dear readers,
I would like to welcome you to my Blog that will record and explain the pending adventures of Southern Sudan, and later on the entire continent of Africa.
A brief explanation
Upon graduating from Disaster Managment (BEng) in 2008 with a 2;1, I applied for countless aid worker positions, spanning the globe with no success. With limited international development experience, it seemed I would never be qualified to work in developing countries. On August the 10th 2008, my dream of working abroad was given direction as I began my employement with a reknowned international engineering consultancy named Halcrow Group Ltd.
Two years flew by as I was thrown into challenging civil engineering projects, and working alongside talented engineers blessing me with enormous encouragement. Following the recession, work was scarce and the company was forced to make redundancies. I began looking into international aid work again, hearing back immediately from a few applications one of which was Medair (http://www.medair.org/).
Medair is a Christian Non-government Organisation that provides emergency relief and rehabilitation impartially to the Worlds most vulnerable. They work in Somalia, Afghanistan, Haiti, North & South Sudan, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, DRC and Madagascar. To increase their effectiveness and marketability, they have focused their efforts into three main areas of expertise: Health Services, Water and Sanitation and Shelter and Infrastructure.
After a thorough application process I was invited to attend their mandatory training course. During this week, I was blessed with incredible encouragement and hunger to start working in this field. Country programmes were described, and I knew that this was where I wanted to work.
Two weeks later I am saying goodbye to my brilliant co-workers here in London, packing my guitar and dismantling my bed in Wimbledon, and ordering my ticket to Switzerland for my Medair briefing.
Blog Purpose
I hope to use this Blog to record and detail some of the more interesting stories during my adventures, so if you think you would be interested in hearing them, here is the place to get it!
To My Brilliant Colleagues at Halcrow
It has been an honour working with you and learning from your mistakes (Just joking).
I wish you all the best in the future!
