by Hannah McNicol | Dec 3, 2024 | General
How long have you been involved in the international development sector, and what first inspired you to enter the sector? Being born in Australia provided me with more opportunities in life than if I had of grown up in a developing/low-income country marred by civil...
by Hannah McNicol | Nov 28, 2024 | General
Investing in Africa can no longer be viewed through a lens of “charity”. Instead, investing in Africa must be understood as investing in our mutual, global economic, political and social interests. Whilst the Majority World will bear the brunt of our Minority World’s...
by Hannah McNicol | Nov 19, 2024 | General
Helen: The remote rural community of Lubanda Village in South-West Uganda, has become my second home. Its people have also become my second family. My story starts in 2007, when my husband and I decided to take our first international trip to Uganda. We were...
by Hannah McNicol | Nov 12, 2024 | General
It’s a bumper year for citizens of the world to participate in their own governance. Elections are happening almost every other week. Record numbers of countries are holding presidential or parliamentary national or local elections, in democracies and in less...
by Hannah McNicol | Nov 6, 2024 | General
It is the edge of winter in Ukraine, and the first cold days have come. In a country whose energy infrastructure has been slowly bombed into dust by Russia over the course of this war, that seasonal fact is especially ominous this winter. Father Frost will inevitably...
by Hannah McNicol | Oct 8, 2024 | General
Since launching last September, we have been amazed by the interest and uptake of The AIDN Beat. We’ve published twenty-four thought pieces over the last year. To celebrate, we’ve compiled all the pieces into this PDF booklet, so you can revisit the rich insights...
