I have been lucky enough over the years to have had many weekend breaks in different parts of the world. Ones that spring to mind include a stag weekend in Stockholm, an NYC break when I was living in the US and a jaunt to Paris on the Eurostar. The usual format, as I am …
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The darker side of Zambia
Anyone who read my last blog will know that I have found much to admire and learn from in Zambia. But that does not mean I have been oblivious to some of the less admirable aspects of life here. There are both mundane daily challenges, such as my bicycle commute where the combination of some …
Love and loathing in Lusaka
Rather incredibly, to me at least, it will soon be time to leave Zambia and head back to the UK. Which has made me rather reflective in the last few days, not that I am trying to speed up departure date at all; in fact, the opposite is actually the case and I wish in …
Educating Zambia (and Africa?)
As some of you know, I will soon fulfil my (not quite lifelong but certainly since I was 19) ambition to become a teacher when I return from Zambia; the Olympics and Paralympics just got in the way really! In fact, this ambition was one of the reasons that I have chosen to spend two …
From London to Lusaka: a sports marketing legacy from London 2012
One year on from the start of the greatest show on earth, I find myself sitting in a hotel lobby in Lusaka, Zambia, feeling a long way away from the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games just about to start in the Olympic Stadium in East London, let alone the bell ringing by Bradley Wiggins this time last …
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What a difference a hundred years makes
As I mentioned in one of my recent blogs, I have been working in conjunction with the German Foreign Office through their Teutonically entitled ‘Sports Cooperation Programme’. Sorry, that is an unfair (indeed, nonexistent according to spellcheck) adjective, but it rather highlights for me the difference that one hundred years has made in who I …
Alive and Kicking
Wow, what a week. I’ve got about 3-4 blogs in mind but as I have only worked out how to upload one photo at a time (and do not yet know how to add a video – I’m thinking youtube but will have to explore that one later – you’ll just have to wait for …
Zambian Weekend
Work update: we have had some brilliant meetings recently and I only hope that I have the time left to make the most of the opportunities that are apparent here. That is not the reason for this blog though; I want to tell you about my weekend. Having spent a little of the last few …
Touring the schools
Having reluctantly dragged myself away from the bike ride to Livingstone with Beyond Ourselves on Tuesday evening (via a very friendly Lusaka farmer who rather randomly purchased a live cockerel on our way back to the city, placing it noisily in the boot), I am pleased to report that my reason for doing so was …
Researching the opportunities
I have now been here for three weeks and I am pleased to report the serious work is now in full swing. Last week saw the first meetings with companies which have already led to a couple of opportunities which we need to follow up on. That said, other companies have told us they can’t …
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