Change is easier, when it’s cool
May 18, 2017 7:08 pm Leave your thoughtsIt’s called astigmatism – no, it’s not a disease. So all those years I was supposedly “frowning” (especially in...
Author Archives for Douglas Imaralu
About Douglas Imaralu
Douglas is an Atlas Corps Fellow (Class 21) from Nigeria. He is communications and development professional serving as a Fundraising and Communications Fellow at Restless Development, USA.
Girl-centered programming: By girls, with girls and for girls
May 9, 2017 1:50 pm Leave your thoughtsAlthough curtains closed on the 61st Commission on the Status of Women about two months ago, we must not fail to...
Doing life in New York
April 12, 2017 11:49 am Leave your thoughtsWe all need validation. People want to talk and be talked to. They want to be listened to, they...
Musings on US Trade
March 23, 2017 11:18 am Leave your thoughts“…when you shop Always read the label If the label says Made in China Think about your job.” The excerpt...
“Young people are more effective in engaging their peers”
March 8, 2017 9:30 am Leave your thoughts“Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck,” says the Dalai Lama. But in...
I don’t know what you do
February 14, 2017 4:46 pm Leave your thoughts“I don’t know what you do…honestly…writer? Editor?” I got this from one of my siblings recently. I also got...
The Times They Are a Changin’
February 9, 2017 11:07 am Leave your thoughts“Come gather around people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown And accept it that...
Why I believe young people are key to leading change
January 4, 2017 12:05 pm Leave your thoughtsThis is the second blog in a new series of Q&As with young people who volunteer with Restless Development in...
How volunteering changed my perception of development
December 14, 2016 11:49 am Leave your thoughtsMeet Binju Baral, one of our volunteers in Nepal. This is the first blog in a new series of Q&As...
Solving the World’s Dumbest Problem: Hunger
October 17, 2016 9:59 am Leave your thoughtsSometimes, we spend too much time on problems (whose solutions are right before us) because we ignore that which truly...
Musings on Youth and Gender
October 11, 2016 12:00 pm Leave your thoughtsWhat do young people and women have in common? Both groups have been underrepresented in influencing pertinent global, national and...
Rethinking the Nigerian Youth
August 12, 2016 10:00 am Leave your thoughtsThe potential of Nigeria’s youth population is arguably contradictory: on one side, pockets of shinning stars; and on the other,...