The first phase of the ongoing development program at the Government Middle School Shimshal started last year November when our team worked on a detailed assessment of the school. The phase covered 6 focus areas for school assessment: Teaching and Learning Leadership, Management and Administration Internal Student Assessment School Assessment…

We arrived in Shimshal at the start of April. The valley lay covered in the greys of winter. While blossom had started in Hunza, Shimshal was still surviving through the last of winter. The first month was a challenge as always - a new village, cold temperatures, set up of…

Growing up I spent a lot of time at the library, reading everything I could get my hands on and imagining myself on fantastic adventures, some of which I still remember. Now, I earn my living managing the content side of a digital marketing agency, which mostly entails visualizing and…

A 6 ton sperm whale washed up the shores of southern spain with 64 pounds of plastic in its stomach. Only last month the last male northern white Rhino, Sudan, died bringing with it the witnessing of the extinction of a specie. Ocean Plastics are killing a variety of marine…