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This post marks my internship's mid-way point. And I almost feel like I am missing something. Despite all the things I’m learning and experiencing, I feel as if I should know something more about Bangladesh. I don't mean to say that I had presumed that this ...

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I’m sorry to bore, but all I seem to be inspired to write about are the ethics surrounding my role as a development practitioner abroad. This entry is no different, but I’d like to focus on the impacts of what I choose to do outside the office, rather than within ...

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The first weeks of this internship have been primarily spent orienting myself to the situation of food insecurity in Bangladesh and learning about Padakhep’s initiatives to combat it.  I have also been assisting in preparing grant proposals, and doing research into how Padakhep might improve certain projects. However, this month ...

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  There is something tempting about the neatness of a single story. The Nigerian author, Chimamanda Adichie speaks of the dangers of having one, simplified perception of anything. She cautions that one of the greatest disservices you can do another person is to minimize their existence to something one-dimensional. She refers ...

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