Why I Am Glad I Did Not Give Up on International Volunteering
I have spent over half my life involved with international volunteering in some way. During that time I have experienced just about all the...
A Generation without Education
Can we live up to the promise of an education for all the children of world? Lisa Advani explores the choice between increasing spending...
The Promise of Delicious Hot Lunch: The Great Indian Midday Meal Scheme
There has been a lot of focus on India’s free provision of hot lunches in schools. Here, Sophia Sanchez provides an analysis of the...
Global Citizenship & Me – My DiA Journey by Sarah Burns
Name: Sarah Burns Placement: Seva Mandir Year: 2010 What is your favourite moment from interning with one of DiA’s placement partners? I couldn’t chose just one moment....
Global Citizenship & Me – My DiA Journey by Josh Reece-Moore
Name: Josh Reece-Moore Placement: Deep Griha Society Year: 2014 What is your favourite moment from interning with one of DiA’s placement partners? I have so...
Improving the Quality of Education in Developing Countries
There is no denying that access to education in developing countries has improved and is continuing to improve. However, has this meant that the...
Development or Underdevelopment: political implications and the wrong focus
Development scholarship, despite covering several disciplines, lacks diversity. Debates about what we mean by development, the way we measure it and the terms we...
Happy New Year From Development in Action!
As 2014 draws to a close we take a look back at the most popular* articles from 2014. In reverse order: 5) Corruption, controversy...
Why did you choose DiA? Reflections from a former India volunteer
With applications for DiA’s 2-month Indian Summer placements closing on Friday 2 May, 2012 volunteer Jenny Frydrych talked to Blog Editor Louisa Jones about...
10 Years on From DiA and I’m Still Learning…
TEN YEARS ON FROM VOLUNTEERING WITH DEVELOPMENT IN ACTION MANDARIN BENNETT IS STILL PASSIONATE ABOUT ENSURING THAT INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEERING HAS A LASTING IMPACT AND...
Enter now: Impact International Essay and Photo Competition
At Development in Action, we believe that international volunteering should always be a reflective experience. That’s why we are collaborating with Impact International on...
DiA Global Citizenship Forum 2013
The idea of a global citizen is at the heart of the Development in Action’s work. But what is global citizenship? DiA Secretary Catherine Glew...
Why did you get involved with DiA? Our committee speaks
Why is Development in Action so important? Members of our management committee give their thoughts Sarah Burns, Chair “After graduating I was looking for...
Telling positive stories – the backlash
. DiA writer Rowan Emslie considers the downsides to reporting positive stories from Africa. A fair amount of hand-wringing has been going on lately...
Ethical Consumerism: making a difference from home
. Not everyone is in a position to volunteer in a developing country, but there are other ways of taking action and exercising global...
New media and development: changing discourse, thinking and action
. Throughout the past few years, the media has been undergoing a digital revolution. Sam Hall – who has worked for the New Indian...
IVC Reflections
Our India Volunteer Co-ordinator (IVC) Joseph Bird reflects on his work and travels around India keeping up with DiA’s placements and finding links with other grassroots...
DiA Summer Volunteer Orientation: A Storming Success
Elephant blessings, monsoon thunderstorms and copious amounts of head wiggling – all in the space of one short week for DiA’s India Volunteer Co-ordinator...
St. Gonsalo Garcia Ashram
DiA’s Blog Editor Will Jones reflects on his time at St. Gonsalo Garcia Ashram in this digital story. Creating your own digital about your...
Women in Egypt: ‘Why Not?’
In the second part of DiA’s exclusive coverage of International Women’s Day, Cardiff University Journalism students Sara Maranon and Sandhya Kannan investigate how the...