Author Archives for Julie Lwando

The Power of Gratitude

November 26, 2018 10:16 pm Published by Comments Off on The Power of Gratitude

The Thanksgiving season is here. Many times we practice a knee jerking kind of gratitude, the type where we say...


Reading

October 31, 2018 8:59 pm Published by Comments Off on Reading

What is the one talent that you have developed during your fellowship period? Is it cooking, hiking, biking, dancing, arts,...


Keeping the Momentum

October 26, 2018 7:54 pm Published by Comments Off on Keeping the Momentum

Now that I am serving my fellowship extension period, I have found that my energies wane so easily, to the...


Sunset Cruise

June 30, 2018 5:28 pm Published by Comments Off on Sunset Cruise

Living in Waterfront Southwest, Washington DC, from September, 2017 had always made me admire the people on a boat cruise...


DEVEX World, 2018 Conference

June 15, 2018 5:37 pm Published by Comments Off on DEVEX World, 2018 Conference

I can say to date, from the time I came to the US, September, 2018, the Devex World, 2018 Conference,...


Leading Movements

May 29, 2018 5:18 pm Published by Comments Off on Leading Movements

Leading movements was the main theme of the May, 2018 Atlas Corps Global Leadership Lab. Having listened to all the...


Networking

May 22, 2018 11:06 pm Published by Comments Off on Networking

One of the first American values of importance I learnt about, is that of networking and its power. During the...


The Perfect Work Place

April 22, 2018 11:02 pm Published by Comments Off on The Perfect Work Place

What do people look for when we are job hunting? Why do people constantly hop from one organization to another,...


Time and Change

April 20, 2018 4:12 pm Published by Comments Off on Time and Change

These days I feel I do not have enough time to do all the things I’d love to in a...


Dependency and the Non-profit sector

March 30, 2018 12:12 am Published by Comments Off on Dependency and the Non-profit sector

Poverty and development are very broad and there are numerous factors at play. For over the last thirty years, different...


Resilience in the Winter

March 29, 2018 11:16 pm Published by Comments Off on Resilience in the Winter

From layering up with three to four layers of thermal clothes to jerseys and jackets, not forgetting double pairs of...