Day 1 The glory of Kilimanjaro was first apparent to me in 2006 during a visit to Amboseli National

It's a beautiful Summer evening in Kigali. There is neither even a whiff of a breeze nor a cloud

Four and a half months into my life in Rwanda and I've managed to say virtually nothing about my

Amongst the political entertainment during my time in California (New York Governor Eliot Spitzer the

How did I get here? And where have I been? Questions I've asked myself a few times of late. After

[ This is an entry which I had previously circulated via email, not knowing whether I'd resume

Is it incompetence? Or pure dishonesty? Sadly, probably the latter. There have been stories in the

Hot off the press this morning, the Minister of the Interior in Fujimori's cabinet at the time of

In May 2007 I hitched a ride with Tom Sanderson, Director of Five Talents UK (FT UK), Craig Cole,

In amongst the microfinance discussion, it would be remiss of me not to mention the political

It's impressive how much introspection, if not outright criticism, is going on in microfinance.

Imagine if you will, Mother Teresa finding out that Donald Trump was going to take over her hospice

I am linking to the next two videos in the same series on Grameen and Yunus. Both of these are well

Meet Muhammad Yunus. Rock star of the microfinance world. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2006 (shared with

After two months here, it's about time I got around to explaining what this microfinance stuff is

Judging by the aching in my every muscle and the sheer exhaustion that turned me into a zombie at the

Whilst Comunion Peru's excellent work to help earthquake victims continues, I unfortunately don

Since Peru does not yet appear on Google maps and since I'm sure most people's knowledge of

Last week I was working with a third NGO called Comunion Peru (in case you missed the first two,

Miraculous. This weekend I was down in the province of Chincha, three hours by road south of Lima. I

Thank you to all those who sent me emails and texts or who called (at three in the morning!) to check

It was my first earthquake. In the first seconds it seemed a large vehicle was driving past our

The organisation I'm working for here in Lima is called ECLOF (Ecumenical Church Loan Fund) Peru.

The cost of living in Lima. A chocolate bar - 8p. Twenty five minute bus ride to work - 20p. A can of

Small differences between life in a top tier bank in one of the financial capitals of the world and