Looking Towards Our Future

Adizah Tejani

Life as a global citizen….

Tag: Poverty

  • The Girl Effect

    Have a look at some insightful videos:   Read.

  • Last weekend I went to my fist blogging conference. It was early on a Saturday morning, but I found my way there hoping I’d given up my day for a good reason. By the end of the day I knew I had. Here are my top three highlights: 1) first was an inspirational and insightful… Read.

  • Why I was born to write…

    I have blogged/written about international development issues since I went to volunteer in Ghana for 10 weeks in the summer of 2009. I fell into the typical mind-set ….’I can write about my travels and my family and friends can see what I am up to…’. This was not the case, as once in the… Read.

  • Shout about it!!

    Last Saturday I shouted and shouted and shouted some more! What about? Well MDGs (the Millennium Development Goals). This week that is what world leaders (or their deputy ministers in some cases) turned their attention to New York at the United Nations MDG Summit. I thought it best I shout my message out through a… Read.

  • Ctrl Meets Nathaniel Peat – Social Entrepreneur Part 2

    After grilling Nathaniel Peat about the G20 Toronto conference last week, I turned the focus onto other aspects that the inspiring young social entrepreneur has an interest in. On the agenda today – the Safety Box, climate change, corruption, and leadership… How has the Safety Box helped young people? There are so many examples of… Read.

  • Ctrl Meets Bizarre (D-12)

    Eminem may be the biggest seller - but anyone that knows D-12 will definitely know fellow member Bizarre who is part of that eclectic hip hop mix. Bizarre has always been a solo artist (pre and post D-12 days) with notoriously provocative and tongue-in-cheek material, so when news of a possible 1-on-1 came through late on Sunday (July 4) night –… Read.