The issues raised in a recent Bond blog are important and its recommendations sound. But not all international volunteering is voluntourism – and failing to recognise this risks a valuable aspect of development work.
In a time of shrinking resources and increasing crises, UNICEF UK describes how it takes proven approaches and embeds them into public systems, scaling solutions through policy and finance to achieve lasting, systemic change.
We have seen how powerful the international community can be with the way the world responded to the outbreak of war in Ukraine. Politicians, diplomats and leaders now have a role to play in making sure that Sudan is not left behind, before it’s too late for the next generation.
By 2050, one in five people will be over 60, with 80% living in low- and middle-income countries. Yet the humanitarian system remains largely unprepared to anticipate and meet older people’s needs, uphold their rights or support their contributions.
As the international development sector increasingly seeks to decolonise practice and ‘shift the power’, is there still a place for global volunteering?
The new EU and UK deforestation regulations pose significant challenges for smallholder farmers. How can the UK government ensure no one is ‘left behind’?
After years of research, reform and advocacy, there is broad consensus on one essential truth: children thrive best when they grow up in families, not institutions.
Embrace the Middle East on its campaign to address the injustice surrounding child detention in the West Bank.
Uganda has the fourth largest refugee population in the world. When Mary Oakes, CEO of Opportunity International UK, visited two major settlements there she saw firsthand how providing refugees with the support they ask for is enabling many to build secure, independent futures.
