In 2008 I wrote a short book entitled “The Competition for Hope” about the requirement for sustainable jobs for youth. I hope later in 2014 to re-write it. Here is...
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MapGap Team Searching for Unemployment Solutions Using Maps Colin and Rupert, two Global MapAid volunteers, left home and took the Waterloo train from Clapham Junction. Lovely conversation with Pret A...
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Hi there friends ! I am off to meet some of the people listed below over Wednesday 12th & Thursday 13th November 2014 , to discuss our Vision, our Mission...
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A long silence since the last post, however there is good reason. I have been working on my MBA thesis about the drivers to sustainable job creation, which are key…
The Times & VW & Simon Woodroffe Mentoring Competition We entered the competition, seeking 1 month of Simon’s mentoring & time… Tell us what your company does ? Here is...
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To Make A Micro-Finance Map Of The City of Addis Ababa. By Renske Duns, GMA Manager & Data Collector. Our activities in Ethiopia are mainly focused on the mapping of...
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A friend Peter Myers recently asked me for a list of previous funders of Global MapAid who might also fund MapGap – and a list of the primary organisations who...
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Over the past few weeks I have been aware that the MapGap programme, part of Global MapAid, has no page on Wikipedia. It is not entirely ethical for a Global...
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This post may raise more questions than it raises – however it is based on the assumption that two massive global forces are slowly growing…. grinding and colliding together...
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This video describes the SROI (Social Return on Investment) for the MapGap programme, both the project in the United Kingdom and in Ethiopia. A Summary We want to make a...
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In capitalism “risk” is a central idea within investment strategies. “Has this been done before ?” “What were the outcomes ?” These are questions that investors ask, not wanting throw...
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MapGap.org is a campaign by Global MapAid to raise £38,880 for two projects that will map the underlying solutions to unemployment poverty. One is in the UK, for vocational education,...
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Our Brilliant People 1) Patrons Archbishop Desmond Tutu Merry Crosthwaite 2) Directors Douglas Eamer Michael Fleishman Hans Jurgen Meuser Leslie Mukuwedya Jessamin Roothman Robin Sheehan Jeffrey Tew Rupert Douglas-Bate 3)...
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About MapGap.org MapGap.org is a campaign by Global MapAid (GMA) to raise £38,880 to launch a greater fundraising campaign that will raise money to work in the UK and Ethiopia,...
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Did any one go to or later read Justin Welby’s Christmas Day sermon ? It was hugely relevant to the MapGap.org campaign, even though many in Global MapAid and it’s...
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Colin and Rupert continued their MapGap.org trip around London, this time focusing upon the City of London, which has it’s own Lord Mayor. The goal is to find one or...
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Why are two me walking around London in the gusty rain ? And moreover at Christmas time ? What passion drives them to commit such eccentricity ? I mean, honestly,...
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The trains from Clapham were not running properly this morning, Christmas Eve 2013, due to storm damage on the tracks. However there was a train to West Brompton from Clapham,...
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Presents wrapped last night, loads of tins of beans and bread, typical food for someone in Africa or the United Kingdom, which took a couple of hours. This morning I...
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Over Christmas and the New Year a small team of intrepid volunteers will visit 35 people who we think might want to help us – in and around London –...
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