Amanda Westfall is a RBC co-director based in Argentina where she coordinates a number of social change projects in the Latin America region, often in collaboration with her husband, Santiago, a communications specialist and also a RBC Associate. This is her story.
Read MoreMeet Waithira Gikonyo. Our Rain Barrel Director, Executive Board Member, and DJ, now presiding over our global project portfolio of training and capacity development from in her home in Nairobi.
Read MoreSince leaving his post as Chief of Community Development at UNICEF in Phnom Penh in 2017, Tomas Jensen has been living in Cairns, a small town on the northeast coast of Australia with his teenage daughter. From this tropical base, he works as Rain Barrel’s Managing Director, currently overseeing 11 contracts on four continents. Paul Hoeffel, Rain Barrel co-founder, caught him on the way to the beach recently.
Read MoreSince early 2020, Rain Barrel Communications has been working with UNICEF and the Government of Liberia to manage the risk of COVID-19, and to address gender-based violence in the country.
Read MoreOur kind editors asked me to share a few memories from the period when I worked as James P. Grant’s speechwriter, 1990 until his death in 1995. Other colleagues have brilliantly chronicled JPG’s world-changing contributions as UNICEF's Executive Director, so I will just share a few snapshots of what it was like to be his humble scribe.
Read MoreThe pandemic offers more than tragedy; it holds out the hope of transformation. Including transformation in the way we communicate.
Read MoreFor those of us working in communication for development and human rights, it is vitally important to understand the role of our work as clients and communities change, and understand the role of communication as their needs evolve to new realities.
Read MoreThe way health authorities and partners communicate about uncertainties can build or break trust. If we fail to establish and maintain it, we will fail to protect health.
Read MoreOn 19 September 2017, an earthquake that registered 7.1 on the Richter scale hit Mexico, causing 420 deaths in several parts of the country – Mexico City, Morelos, Puebla, State of Mexico, Guerrero and Oaxaca. In addition to its painful human toll, the quake felled hundreds of apartment buildings, homes, schools and workplaces. It occurred, by chance, exactly on the 32nd anniversary of Mexico’s even more devastating 1985 earthquake, reviving collective memories of loss and recurring tragedy.
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