Dedicated to Julie Groome and all those who work with spontaneous volunteers... It hurts when there's nothing but a slow growing queue And your fear seems to say you won’t get them all trained All alone I have cried; “Get HR on our side!” We need more volunteers for the field….. Well I run the … Continue reading this will only make sense to AIIMS-trained people – part 4
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gong hei fat choi
We should have known it was going to be a difficult day. We stood in the early morning heat at the hotel before seven, while taxis came and went. None of them were ours. We had to re-book several times before somebody would take us. A second day of computer problems plagued us all day, … Continue reading gong hei fat choi
disasters in the future tense
I am an Australian. Naturalised, naturally. Born in Ireland, and having spent over twenty of my adult years in England, I am a child of a cool temperate maritime climate, a post-war Britain, a post-Independence Republic of Ireland. Nowhere in my personal or national psyche has prepared me for the enormity of experiencing a disaster … Continue reading disasters in the future tense
things I saw in the Roma Street Parklands
On the only stroll I got up in Brisbane, I spent twenty minutes wandering around Roma Street Parklands in the middle of the city. What a lovely park. I shall make an effort to spend more time there on my next visit. More than twelve huge spiderwebs with spindly spiders about the size of the palm … Continue reading things I saw in the Roma Street Parklands
Máiréad Doyle 