Development worker experiences

Walter, from Zimbabwe, works as an Advocacy and Communication Adviser, alongside the Zimbabwe AIDS Prevention and Support Organisation and the National Employment Council for the Transport Operating Industry.

What is your work background?

Before joining Progressio, I worked as HIV and AIDS Programme Manager for Panos Southern Africa (PSAf). PSAf uses media and communications to ensure that the development agenda is shaped and driven by the most affected members of Southern Africa’s communities.

Kuziva, from Zimbabwe, works as an Information Technology, Documentation and Communications Adviser, alongside various partner organisations in Zimbabwe, under the Comic Relief funded project Hear Our Voices – Speak Out for HIV and AIDS Services.

Vilma, from the Philippines, works as a Gender Advocacy Adviser, alongside Rede Feto (a network of women’s organisations), in Timor-Leste.

Dr. Joanna McMinn, from Northern Ireland, was until recently working in Somaliland as a Project and Organisational Development Adviser, alongside Nagaad (a network of women’s organisations). 

Alberto, de nacionalidad hondureña, fue hasta poco tiempo un cooperante de Progressio/Christian Aid, con la Asociación Ecología, Tecnología y Cultura en los Andes - ETC ANDES, donde trabajo como Cooperante en Estrategias de Comunicación para Incidencia Política en Cambio Climático.

Eliezer during his placement in Somaliland.



Eliezer Wangulu, from Kenya, was a Development Worker with Progressio from April 2004 to May 2008, in Zimbabwe and Somaliland.

Margaret Happy, from Uganda, was a Progressio Development Worker in Timor-Leste with Rede Feto, a national network of women’s organisations, from May 2010 to December 2011. 

What have you done since leaving Progressio and what are you currently doing?

After leaving Progressio, I worked as a Consultant for Hanns R Neumann Stiftung (HRNS), an international organisation that promotes sustainable development, in particular in coffee producing countries.

Oihane con una colega de Asociacíon Pukllasunchis (Cusco)

Oihane De Gana Romero, de nacionalidad Española, fue cooperante con Progressio en Perú, desde Abril 2006 a Febrero 2010, con la organización Asociacíon Pukllasunchis (Cusco)

Daniela with a group of colleagues from Association des Femmes Fonds Parisien Pour le Développement, in a Haitian border community. Daniela is holding a kwokitol - a type of local doughnut. This initiative was part of a micro-enterprise project with Haitian women, supported by Daniela/Progressio and Hermanas Vedrunas. 

Daniela Peirano, from Chile, was a development worker with Progressio in the Domincan Republic and Haiti, from May 2010 to September 2011. 

Fernando giving a presentation at a meeting in the town of Altamira in the Dominican Republic.

Fernando Umaña, from Chile, was a development worker with Progressio from November 2005 to November 2011.