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12 hours ago
Thanks Tom, I would also like to add that the contributions forspecial issue of LINK received are voluntary in nature. We are grateful to many UPGI members for this gesture.
15 hours ago
Thank you very much Mahendra for supporting me in this regard including by being a wonderful Guest Speaker.
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Mahendra Sheth commented on "What if you can? : Ramesh Shrestha"
22 hours ago
Excellent! Enjoyed reading this article!
22 hours ago
Very inspiring!
22 hours ago
Lovely reflection and you have put it so well Nuzhat- there is indeed life after UNICEF and we need to be thankful to our wonderful families. I have six grandkids of my own and two of them are now keeping the promise they made when they were babies. They used to say Dada, when I am older, I will drive you everywhere - this is what is happening now...
22 hours ago
I find it disturbing that selective UN agencies are being targeted. We should all be united and not breathe a sigh of relief that UNICEF and WFP were spared. It is a matter of time when our tides could change. I agree that we should be reducing our dependence on individual countries. I also heard the rhetoric of Elsie Stefanik and hope that good sense prevails otherwise she will lose all credibility.
Mary Racelis commented on "“Carry Me Slowly, My Sunlight” by Nuzhat Shahzadi"
2 days ago
A lovely and endearing reflection, Nuzhat! After years of nurturing the world's children, we get to nurture our own grandchildren. Yes, there IS life after UNICEF!
Unknown commented on "Testimony of the New US Ambassador to UN : Kul Gautam"
2 days ago
Kul, your obsession with Israel is unhealthy. There are currently more than 45 armed conflicts taking place throughout the Middle East and North Africa, and more than 35 in Africa, including Sudan, where more people are dying than in Ukraine and Gaza combined. Some attention there may be worth your while…
Detlef Palm commented on "Character Building: Ken Gibbs"
Jan 22, 2025
Absolutely hillarious! Why don't you next try James Bond ?
Jan 22, 2025
I am very sorry to hear that Keerti is no longer with us. He was a sincere professional and was loved by people he worked with in the field in Ethiopia. I first met him in Ethiopia in 2004 and subsequently in MENARO where he was a regional consultant for EPI. Both Keerti and his wife Veena became our close friends. Sheela and I spoke with Veena this morning. May he rest in peace. He will be very much missed.
Jan 22, 2025
Thank you Niloufar for giving us the opportunity to contribute to your excellent efforts. It was a pleasure for me to interact with your students and to learn from them as well.
Nuzhat Shahzadi commented on "Scottish Portrait Awards, A 2012 Idea of Sara McBean, Moves to New Home : George McBean"
Jan 21, 2025
My heartfelt congratulations to Sara! well done. I love the portrait you painted of her. It also captures the joy you felt while painting it.
Nuzhat Shahzadi commented on "Mental health in the wake of the CA fires : Paula Claycomb"
Jan 21, 2025
Many thanks for your article, Paula. What can I say—my heart breaks at the suffering of the affected. Take care
Nuzhat Shahzadi commented on "A Note of Gratitude for those who Enrich the Classes I Teach : Niloufar Pourzand"
Jan 21, 2025
Congratulations for your great commitment and contributions
Niloufar!
Niloufar!
Jan 19, 2025
Tim Dowling should be informed that in the UK, there are laws about handling laundered money. Best hand it in to the nearest Police Post.
Paula Claycomb commented on "Mental health in the wake of the CA fires : Paula Claycomb"
Jan 19, 2025
Thank you, everyone, for your thoughtful comments. They mean a lot to me.
Yes, Mary, I would love to hear more about your role in getting FGM into the global agenda!
Yes, Mary, I would love to hear more about your role in getting FGM into the global agenda!
Cheryl Gregory Faye commented on "Mental health in the wake of the CA fires : Paula Claycomb"
Jan 19, 2025
Thanks for this insightful commentary, Paula. Many of us XUnicefers have images, smells and sounds seared into our psyches that will never go away. Like you, I hope that UNICEF is preparing staff better these days. I'm grateful that your family are safe and relatively untouched in Los Angeles. Too many have lost everything and should not be forced to pay a greater price than that. Above all, thank you for your ongoing activism in New Mexico and for continuing to raise the collective consciousness to injustice.
Paula C. commented on "Village Events - Part 2: Ken Gibbs"
Jan 19, 2025
I enjoy your musings and your writing, Ken. Please keep churning them out.
Paula Claycomb commented on "UNICEF Rights Respecting Schools : Anis Salem"
Jan 19, 2025
Apologies, Anis. That comment should have been from me, not Anonymous.
Unknown commented on "UNICEF Rights Respecting Schools : Anis Salem"
Jan 19, 2025
How nice to read of this rights-based school, Anis!
Mary Racelis commented on "Mental health in the wake of the CA fires : Paula Claycomb"
Jan 19, 2025
Let me add my appreciative comments, Paula, for your searing recollection of how UNICEF staff members trying to promote better and longer lives for children find themselves having to reckon with violence invading the same space that had been designated for clean water, classroom activites or vaccination sites. As Fouad points out, in effect, UNICEF staff were expected to learn to swim by being thrown into the water! That reminds me of how Day One of my arrival at NYHQ, I found my desk piled with questionnaires returned from African country offices with answers concerning what was then called "female circumcision." Programme Division Director Ralph Eckert explained that I should review them, then write the Program Paper to be sent to the field descibing how country offices should bring that situation to an end. I had never even heard of what is now "Female Genital Mutilation!" I learned fast. The baptism of fire that followed into the UN International Women's Conference in Copenhagen 1980 is a story that I probably should tell at some point.
Jan 18, 2025
I am very sad to hear. I knew Mr. Keerti first in Tajikistan and then we also met in Indonesia. He was always very kind and a sincere professional. In Indonesia, I had just arrived and faced with the torrential rain, I was bewildered what to do and he invited me to the apartment he shared with his wife while there as a consultant. May he rest in perfect peace.
Niloufar Pourzand commented on "Mental health in the wake of the CA fires : Paula Claycomb"
Jan 18, 2025
Thanks as always dear Paula - very relevant and insightful! With respect and admiration.
Unknown commented on "Missing You - Keerti Wadhawan, RIP : Sad news from UPGI"
Jan 18, 2025
I met Keerti Wadahwan in Khartoum when he came to carry out a short consultancy assignment in South Sudan. He stayed with me for a few days before procceding to South Sudan and again after completing his assignment there. I found him a very jolly and caring person. Thereafter we became friends on Facebook and he always got in touch with me. I will definitely miss his beautiful and warm birthday messages/wishes. RIP my friend Keerti.
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Robert Cohen commented on "Mental health in the wake of the CA fires : Paula Claycomb"
Jan 18, 2025
Excellent article, Paula! I’m so glad your son and family have been spared the worst of the California apocalypse. Your moving account brings to mind yesterday’s video I saw on Zeteo in which Greta Thunberg connects the dots between the fires in California, climate crisis, Israel’s genocide in Gaza and the rise of Trump. Your exemplary career in Unicef and social activism since retirement connect all those dots, and beyond, making you a real world-changer. Just what we need now. Gratitude and respect!
Neill McKee commented on "Mental health in the wake of the CA fires : Paula Claycomb"
Jan 18, 2025
Thanks Paula. A very telling and well-written story. My daughter and family evacuated but fortunately are back in their house too. It's a mess with long-term consequences, economic and mental, in a state that may be punished, when it actually pays more than its share to the national budget, helping poorer Republican states.
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