DiA | Delivering a DiA workshop
Volunteer workshop leader Josh Bullen writes about his recent experience delivering a DiA workshop on gender equality
Global Citizenship Forum 2015: Impact of young volunteers at home and overseas
On Tuesday 17th November we hosted our second Global Citizenship Forum in partnership with Tenteleni. This blog post reflects the key discussion points of...
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...
‘International’ Development? Why We Need to Understand the Importance of Locality
The term ‘International Development’ is often used without consideration of the underlying meaning and implications of it. Peter McNally explores the theoretical underpinnings of...
Change of Blog Editor: Goodbye Joe and Welcome Kris
To all the readers and many contributors who have followed shared and written for the blog over the past year I wanted to say...
Human Rights Watch Film Festival 18th to 27th March, 2015
After last years rave reviews, we are once again encouraging you to take the opportunity to attend Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2015 in London....
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...
10 Reasons why we love Volunteering
On International Volunteer Day, we decided to ask our own wonderful volunteers at Development in Action why they love volunteering. Here’s what some of...
Volunteering Abroad: A Do or a Don’t?
Volunteering internationally has been a rising trend for students and fresh graduates in recent years. Our India Programme Officer Caroline Townsend offers some thoughts on steps...
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...