I'm doing pro bono work for the Dutch branch of Peace Brigades international: the design and layout of their periodical, called Peaces. PBi sends out volunteers to politically dodgy countries to act as observers of, typically, opposition politicians.

This edition, their first, I've been working on since April this year. We did a trial run last year, which resulted in a layout which is very close to the final release of this edition. However, a lot of small changes, including actual content, still made the creation cycle quite long.
The next one can be expected to take a bit less time.

All but one of those wor... read more

I'm in Chiang Mai, working for HDN, on their final project before they fold in September this year. Through a USAID grant, managed by the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, I'm spending about six months in Thailand again, though I wouldn't mind that being longer.

The website we're working on, OVCsupport.net (our beta is available on v2.OVCsupport.net) aims to be the global hub on information in relation to orphans and vulnerable children (indeed, OVC).
Initially released in 2004, the website, very much old skool... read more

An eclectic mix of contact manager, mailing list service and publication tracker, SAfAIDS contacts . net aims to bring together contact management from all the SAfAIDS offices in the southern African region.

Besides, of course, my own invaluable input, the following services and tools were used to create this environment:

+ Icons from famfamfam.com.
+ Graphical design from Free CSS templates.
+ A graphic from sparktography.
+ Th... read more

A simple frontend for the NGOspace.net domain.



The design was culled from styleshout.

The website was taken offline in late 2009. read more

For Inis, I've been working on the website for the (breathe in) UNAIDS PCB NGO Delegation.



Here's a list of definitions:

UNAIDS: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.
PCB: Program Coordinating Board.
NGO: Non Governmental Organization.

The NGO Delegation to the PCB of UNAIDS aims at advising the organization on how to deal with HIV/AIDS issues and how to roll out programs 'on the... read more

Front end with a simple CMS for The People Connector, which is managed by Inis.

The design is based on work by Andreas Viklund. read more

SACSIS, The South African Civil Society Information Service, is the brainchild of Fazila Farouk. SACSIS is "a nonprofit news agency promoting social justice. Seeking answers to the question: How do we make democracy work for the poor?"



The CMS behind the website is an easily adaptable and homegrown system which has been proven to work under extensive strain and usage. This CMS has been extended over the years and earlier versions of the... read more