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I’ve been continually putting off writing another blog entry over the past few months. Partly as I’ve got used to the job here, so feel...

Hello to the abyss that amounts to the readership of this page. It’s been a while since I last reflected on the job here, but with a lot...

This blog comes after an extremely long break indeed! In spite of all the coronavirus related restrictions, I’ve been very busy here over...

We’ve all just about recovered from hosting our annual Halloween party, so time to (briefly) reflect on it. As with last year, a lot of...

Once again it has been a little while since I wrote anything on this blog page. Last time I missed a couple of months as there hadn’t...

A long overdue blog post here. I haven’t written much lately, not because I’ve been slacking, but simply there hasn’t been too much going...

Well, not too much to report as of late. Since the last blog post we held a winter tea party event, and visited a couple of schools with...

It’s been a good start to the new year here, with new experiences and challenges continuing to come! Chief among them was last week’s...

As the year approaches its end, it feels like a good chance to reflect on my experiences working for YIFA. My first day was April 1st, so...

Hello to the ether! I have an empty couple of hours this morning, so just time for a brief mind-spaff. We’re just after holding the...

YIFA’s annual Halloween party is our biggest event of the year in terms of participation, and, from what I can tell, the biggest event IN...

Our work in August has been a lot less stressful compared to last month’s sister-city exchange programme. Looking back over my diary now,...

I suppose the last couple of weeks are as busy as it gets for the YIFA office, as we’ve just had a visiting delegation from our sister...

As we moved into June, YIFA had lots of appointments in schools and nurseries across the city. As the C.I.R, it is one of my main...

Reflecting on my first couple of months working here, there’s a lot to talk about. But for this blog, I want to focus on the one thing...