Comments for DFID Bloggers http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk Tales from the front line of our work to eradicate poverty worldwide. Tue, 15 May 2012 14:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Making the links on World Malaria Day by Shelagh Parker http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/2012/04/making-the-links-on-world-malaria-day/comment-page-1/#comment-78728 Shelagh Parker Tue, 15 May 2012 14:24:00 +0000 http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/?p=9710#comment-78728 I am living in Kimpese on the I.M.E compound but not working in anything medical. My husband is setting up a rice/beans/millet farm(s) & factory in the area. My french is not good but I do manage to get by. If there is anything I could do to help you in any way please let me know. Shelagh Parker I am living in Kimpese on the I.M.E compound but not working in anything medical. My husband is setting up a rice/beans/millet farm(s) & factory in the area. My french is not good but I do manage to get by. If there is anything I could do to help you in any way please let me know.
Shelagh Parker

]]> Comment on Zimbabwe – on the road to recovery? by Raymond R. Muringani http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/2012/04/zimbabwe-on-the-road-to-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-78722 Raymond R. Muringani Tue, 15 May 2012 13:49:46 +0000 http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/?p=9678#comment-78722 Ian After reading a couple of reports you have posted on this website I felt compelled to submit a few comments.Your Incisive descriptions of situations in the schools you visited make very interesting reading. As Education officer for DFID one would wish that the reports you produce after these historical and functional visits were also copied to our Ministry of Education so that the ministry can utilize them in their planning as and when it becomes necessary. It might also help in future for your team to produce video footage of some of the situations you witness in the schools to add visual effect to the reports for whoever is the ultimate overseer of your tour of duty. In fact as you observed when you went out of Harare and Chitungwiza, access to education in Zimbabwe is threatened by the uneven living and working conditions for pupils and teachers in the country respectively. There must be serious consideration of rural allowances for both teachers and pupils in cash and kind. One would suggest something like solar energy( NB H.E.P. is problematic in Zimbabwe) programmes to light up the rural schools and innovate their learning environments while teachers who teach in rural areas should be incentivized so much that teachers would aspire and compete for available teaching posts in the rural areas instead of the urban towns and cities. With support from organisations like DFID and other significant NGOs in the country, the fortunes of our rural communities can be significantly transformed. In our functional literacy projects with our groups of literacy graduates we have observed that our rural folks (especially women) are very industrious and can be depended upon to bring about real change in the patterns o our daily lives provided they can access basic resources for whatever project they set out to do. I want to applaud your reports for publishing the live trends in the country. These reports are very useful for planners and other players in the field. Keep up the good work in Zimbabwe. I shall literally look forward to reading more reports of your visits and assessments of the situation in all parts of the country. From Raymond Washaya. (Church Education Secretary for an Independent Church in Zimbabwe and also Education Officer for an Adult Literacy Programme ). Ian
After reading a couple of reports you have posted on this website I felt compelled to submit a few comments.Your Incisive descriptions of situations in the schools you visited make very interesting reading. As Education officer for DFID one would wish that the reports you produce after these historical and functional visits were also copied to our Ministry of Education so that the ministry can utilize them in their planning as and when it becomes necessary. It might also help in future for your team to produce video footage of some of the situations you witness in the schools to add visual effect to the reports for whoever is the ultimate overseer of your tour of duty. In fact as you observed when you went out of Harare and Chitungwiza, access to education in Zimbabwe is threatened by the uneven living and working conditions for pupils and teachers in the country respectively. There must be serious consideration of rural allowances for both teachers and pupils in cash and kind. One would suggest something like solar energy( NB H.E.P. is problematic in Zimbabwe) programmes to light up the rural schools and innovate their learning environments while teachers who teach in rural areas should be incentivized so much that teachers would aspire and compete for available teaching posts in the rural areas instead of the urban towns and cities. With support from organisations like DFID and other significant NGOs in the country, the fortunes of our rural communities can be significantly transformed. In our functional literacy projects with our groups of literacy graduates we have observed that our rural folks (especially women) are very industrious and can be depended upon to bring about real change in the patterns o our daily lives provided they can access basic resources for whatever project they set out to do. I want to applaud your reports for publishing the live trends in the country. These reports are very useful for planners and other players in the field. Keep up the good work in Zimbabwe. I shall literally look forward to reading more reports of your visits and assessments of the situation in all parts of the country.
From Raymond Washaya. (Church Education Secretary for an Independent Church in Zimbabwe and also Education Officer for an Adult Literacy Programme ).

]]> Comment on Welcome to the land of the brave by Helene http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/2012/05/welcome-to-the-land-of-the-brave/comment-page-1/#comment-78721 Helene Tue, 15 May 2012 13:45:59 +0000 http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/?p=9840#comment-78721 Bonne chance in the land of the brave! j'espere que tout va bien et que tu pourras continuera nous tenir au courant de ta vie quotidienne. Tu nous manques! Bon courage! Helene Bonne chance in the land of the brave! j'espere que tout va bien et que tu pourras continuera nous tenir au courant de ta vie quotidienne.
Tu nous manques!
Bon courage!
Helene

]]> Comment on Making the links on World Malaria Day by Vicky Seymour http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/2012/04/making-the-links-on-world-malaria-day/comment-page-1/#comment-78682 Vicky Seymour Tue, 15 May 2012 11:06:25 +0000 http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/?p=9710#comment-78682 Many thanks for your comment, Emery. You make really important points about governance. DFID DRC is currently planning its new programmes in health for 2013 onwards. We are working together with the Ministry of Health to make sure that the new programmes will build sustainable systems on the ground more effectively and that communities are more empowered to hold providers and decision makers more accountable. We are committed to making sure that we are building the systems and capacity of health providers and government rather than those of the international NGOs you highlight. We are also planning new support to the Ministry of Health to build their capacity to oversee service delivery. This is likely to include support on public financial management so that the decision makers you mention have better information on how to use resources more effectively to meet the needs on the ground. Many thanks for your comment, Emery. You make really important points about governance.

DFID DRC is currently planning its new programmes in health for 2013 onwards. We are working together with the Ministry of Health to make sure that the new programmes will build sustainable systems on the ground more effectively and that communities are more empowered to hold providers and decision makers more accountable. We are committed to making sure that we are building the systems and capacity of health providers and government rather than those of the international NGOs you highlight.

We are also planning new support to the Ministry of Health to build their capacity to oversee service delivery. This is likely to include support on public financial management so that the decision makers you mention have better information on how to use resources more effectively to meet the needs on the ground.

]]> Comment on Making the links on World Malaria Day by Emery Makumeno http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/2012/04/making-the-links-on-world-malaria-day/comment-page-1/#comment-74432 Emery Makumeno Fri, 11 May 2012 12:38:47 +0000 http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/?p=9710#comment-74432 After I have read your story, I went to read this on Allafrica.com: http://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00016764.html Congo/Kinshasa is deep down the valey of shadow of death. The sectors that need help are just countless. After I have read your story, I went to read this on Allafrica.com: http://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00016764.html

Congo/Kinshasa is deep down the valey of shadow of death.
The sectors that need help are just countless.

]]> Comment on Making the links on World Malaria Day by Emery Makumeno http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/2012/04/making-the-links-on-world-malaria-day/comment-page-1/#comment-73468 Emery Makumeno Thu, 10 May 2012 14:30:27 +0000 http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/?p=9710#comment-73468 The DR Congo is a country of complexities. You tackled one by one brillianlty but you have forgotten the most important which is up to the decision makers of the country to take actions. Health sector is the one receiving millions of dollars every year since a long time. But the result is not obvious. There are more paliative treatments that cure. I'm sick of the so-called aid which benefits the donors more than the targeted poor congolese. Through big salary for experts, with their luxurious 4X4, renting villas in Kinshasa and mega report the end of the day that they have changed the world. As I see, of course, I don't blame the good will people but our decision makers as they fail to serve the people they are supposed to help. In stead of developing a paralel structure governement and NGOs. More money would help the 97% people suffering from malaria if forces were combined in a long lasting solution. The DR Congo is a country of complexities. You tackled one by one brillianlty but you have forgotten the most important which is up to the decision makers of the country to take actions.

Health sector is the one receiving millions of dollars every year since a long time. But the result is not obvious. There are more paliative treatments that cure.

I'm sick of the so-called aid which benefits the donors more than the targeted poor congolese. Through big salary for experts, with their luxurious 4X4, renting villas in Kinshasa and mega report the end of the day that they have changed the world.

As I see, of course, I don't blame the good will people but our decision makers as they fail to serve the people they are supposed to help.

In stead of developing a paralel structure governement and NGOs. More money would help the 97% people suffering from malaria if forces were combined in a long lasting solution.

]]> Comment on Welcome to the land of the brave by Sharif Ghourbandi http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/2012/05/welcome-to-the-land-of-the-brave/comment-page-1/#comment-73463 Sharif Ghourbandi Thu, 10 May 2012 13:32:54 +0000 http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/?p=9840#comment-73463 Best of luck and i hope to get regular updates from you I would love to Join DFID to do rewarding work like you are doing please take care Sharif Best of luck and i hope to get regular updates from you I would love to Join DFID to do rewarding work like you are doing please take care

Sharif

]]> Comment on Welcome to the land of the brave by Vasu Vittal http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/2012/05/welcome-to-the-land-of-the-brave/comment-page-1/#comment-73092 Vasu Vittal Thu, 10 May 2012 05:04:05 +0000 http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/?p=9840#comment-73092 May you have amazing successes as you serve the people of this land. I spent my boyhood as my father served as an indian technical and economic mission to develop Afghanistan. I hope to be back one day and serve too. May you have amazing successes as you serve the people of this land. I spent my boyhood as my father served as an indian technical and economic mission to develop Afghanistan. I hope to be back one day and serve too.

]]> Comment on Welcome to the land of the brave by Seb http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/2012/05/welcome-to-the-land-of-the-brave/comment-page-1/#comment-71186 Seb Wed, 09 May 2012 17:35:46 +0000 http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/?p=9840#comment-71186 Bonne Chance Christa et bon courage! j'espere que tu t'ai vite installee et integree a l'equipe du DFID locale. Pour un depaysement, c'est un depaysement je suppose!!! Looking forward to hearing how you have been getting on... and getting started! all the best seb Bonne Chance Christa et bon courage! j'espere que tu t'ai vite installee et integree a l'equipe du DFID locale.
Pour un depaysement, c'est un depaysement je suppose!!!
Looking forward to hearing how you have been getting on... and getting started!
all the best
seb

]]> Comment on Welcome to the land of the brave by Simon http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/2012/05/welcome-to-the-land-of-the-brave/comment-page-1/#comment-70258 Simon Wed, 09 May 2012 14:22:56 +0000 http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/?p=9840#comment-70258 I would be interested in your background in Local Government both educational and practical, especially given your previous roles in DFID which are in other fields. I would be interested in your background in Local Government both educational and practical, especially given your previous roles in DFID which are in other fields.

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