I came into this village with some confidence from the progress of development in my previous placement village, but I soon noticed a lot of problems. The men were drinking a lot of alcohol and spent...
I am a woman and proud to be one. In as much as I am proud of being one I do not need to be reminded I am one. Because I already know what I am. I did not apply to be one, but that does not mean I am...
A pitstop in Mandalay before a bone-crunching ride to the countryside. Emma meets a tiny, frail looking girl but soon finds out she is a woman made of steel.It’s 4:15 AM and we are off to Mandalay....
Emma meets a man who was imprisoned by the junta. He spent no fewer than 20 years in jail for student activism, five of those in solitary. Despite all the hardship, there is a romantic twist in the...
Emma Thompson gets to meet the Lady herself, Aung San Suu Kyi, who takes a real shine to Emma's son TindyWe get back to the hotel and have ten minutes to clean up before arriving at the British...
Feeling a little bit oversized, Emma picks up a little Burmese, talks politics with an analyst - while a romantic festival threatens to overwhelm her.This jet lag is monstrous. Neither Tindy or I can...
Information overload, near-death experiences and the saving power of tea provide the prelude to some very exciting news...I sit under the strip lighting listening with increasing difficulty to the...
Tired and hot, Emma and Joanna guzzle coffee and find out from the ActionAid Myanmar team that even getting people here to realise they have rights is a struggle.After two hours sleep, I feel like I'...
A rather jetlagged Emma, her son Tindy and ActionAid's CEO Joanna Kerr arrive in Yangon/Rangoon, capital of Myanmar/Burma and notice immediately that it is not just the names that are a-...
World leaders from key emerging economies met here in Delhi yesterday and agreed to begin the process of creating a new development bank.The agreement was one of the primary outcomes in the BRICS...
