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Name
Angelica
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What I do
Aid/NGO worker based in HQ or a Regional Office, Consultant, Aid Critic
About me
humanitarian worker with over 13 years experience both in the field & HQ. Focus on children, women and vulnerable groups in conflict (be it post war, protracted,inherently violent societies, or towards specific groups)

I have lived in Asia, Africa and South America. Currently I am based in NY and have been working independently for the last 4 years.
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http://www.onmotherhoodandsanity.blogspot.com
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note to HR on how to mainstream recruitment and avoid cancer

Posted on April 27, 2012 at 6:43am 0 Comments

I decided to go freelance about 5 years ago. Well, not really. I went on maternity leave, and then back to work, and then back on (extended) maternity leave, and then I started getting work while on leave, and then I realized I kind of liked this half way house. I wasn’t happy being in the office and…

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on aid worker's families & a distorted perception of the world

Posted on March 30, 2012 at 11:43am 0 Comments

My eight year old niece says that Peru is a disorganized country:

"it's very disorganized, some houses are really beautiful, and others really ugly. Some cars are really nice, and others are falling apart"

It took her a whole two days to figure this out. yep, someone forgot to "organize" the wealth according to need.

This is something that aid workers' families have to deal with early on. When we lived in Cambodia my kids were still too small to…

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bearing witness to misery

Posted on March 2, 2012 at 5:57am 1 Comment

Tap, tap, tap.
The sound of small finger nails tapping softly on the car window hunt me at night.
Shadows I ignore or try to, using the very veil that I reject to hide my shame. I cannot look at them in the eye and say no. I cannot look at them at all because I have nothing to say. I feel empty of words and excuses. Their misery is so vast that just looking at it gives me vertigo. A nine year old without a hand “tap, tap, tap” I pray she does not make it to my window,…
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