To get an idea of how it really should be done, have a peek at this video of yurt building....
July 2015. Building in Ramadan, phew…again.

As with last year, Ramadan is a time when we’re pretty much stretched to the limits…but then again it’s also...
June 2015 Back to the begining

It’s quite an amazing thing coming back to Loubar to get the build restarted. For some reason it feels filled...
February – March 2015. Back to the Middle East

The new year saw me return to the Middle East to complete the Community Mobilisation Tool Kit consultancy for...
January 2015 and finally I get to come back to Loubar.

Mr Finley. It’s taken months but at last I have managed to get back to Loubar to see how things...
October 2014 And a quick tour through a warring Middle East.

October finally saw me going over to the Middle East to work with UNICEF to develop an analysis of how...
Early October 2014 Harvest Time

If September hinted at the end of my time this year In Loubar, October told me loud and clear, as...
End of September 2014…..Sweet Memories

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao-xER7SbJ4 Of course it’s been months since I last wrote….something I didn’t say throughout the summer, but then, perhaps, that...
Sept 2014 A visit from the Boss.

I always love it when Finn visits…of course he’s not in to grey water recycling, composting toilets, geo termal...
September 2014 A New Dawn Fades

It’s funny, I awoke a couple of weeks ago, it was stil dark but morning was in the air. For...
August 2014…And the work continues

I can only say again and again and again, that being up here in Loubar is simply a joy, there...
August 2014 A return to Base Camp

I’m back in xaouen, got here late one afternoon and was slightly nervous about what I might find. Mohammed, the...