Sarah Dickson
Ambassador to Guatemala (June 2012 - June 2015)
14th October 2014
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I have had a seriously colourful week. Magenta to be precise. Working with Plan International we have been painting the town pink, so to speak, by taking pink balloons to Congress and the Government’s National Palace and proudly wearing our pink t-shirts, badges and scarves. 11 of October is the International Day of the Girl […]
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3rd September 2014
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En el día Mundial de la Asistencia Humanitaria, tuve el honor de recibir el premio como Embajadora Humanitaria, en representación de todas las personas del Reino Unido que contribuyen con el presupuesto del Gobierno Británico para el desarrollo en el exterior. En 2013 por primera vez el Reino Unido cumplió su objetivo de contribuir con […]
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3rd September 2014
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On world humanitarian assistance day I had the good fortune to pick up an award as a humanitarian ambassador on behalf of all the people of the UK who contribute to the British government’s overseas development budget. In 2013, the UK met the target of contributing 0.7% of its national income in aid for the […]
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28th August 2014
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Viendo Hamlet a la sombra de las ruinas de Copan en Honduras o en la cima de una montaña sobre Antigua Guatemala es una maravillosa y extremadamente inusual experiencia. También se sintió bien haber tenido el tour de Shakespeare en el 450º aniversario de su nacimiento. Las reacciones locales para el tour mundial de 2 […]
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28th August 2014
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Watching Hamlet in the shadow of the ruins of Copan in Honduras or on the top of a hill above Antigua Guatemala is a wonderful, if extremely unusual, experience. It also felt good to be having a Shakespeare tour in the 450th anniversary of his birth. The local reactions to the Globe Theatre’s global 2 […]
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13th August 2014
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El 9 de agosto es el Día Internacional de los Pueblos Indígenas, cuando alrededor del mundo se celebra la historia, cultura y derechos de los pueblos indígenas. La ONU lo proclamó así para abogar por la no discriminación e inclusión de los pueblos originarios en procesos legislativos en todos los niveles. En Guatemala hay más […]
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12th August 2014
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Para conmemorar el Día Internacional de la Juventud, he invitado a Paúl Menchú, Secretario General de ACJ-YMCA Guatemala, a que comparta la maravillosa experiencia que tuvimos en marzo de este año, en la cual compartimos con 300 jóvenes de diferentes centros educativos de Retalhuleu. ACJ-YMCA es una asociación que se fundó en 1964 y desde […]
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12th August 2014
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To commemorate the International Youth Day I have invited Paúl Manchú, ACJ-YMCA General Secretary, to share with us the wonderful experience we had last March with 300 young people from different schools in Retalhuleu. ACJ-YMCA is an NGO founded in 1964, since then has worked with children and teenagers to help them to achieve their […]
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22nd July 2014
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Cuando Hugo Swire, el Ministro de Estado para América Latina, estuvo aquí recientemente habló con muchas personas sobre derechos de niños (lea más de esto aquí). Esto es un tema tan global que todos podemos compartir nuestras experiencias y conocimientos para hacer mejoras a las maneras en que apoyamos a los niños. Es por eso […]
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22nd July 2014
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When Hugo Swire, the Minister for Latin America, was here recently he talked with a lot of people about children’s rights (read more about this here). It is such a global issue we can all share our experiences and expertise in order to make improvements to the ways we support children. That is why the […]
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