Impact Tuesdays
The latest from humanitarian and early impact-careers coach, Daniel Higgins
Hey Everyone!
Welcome to your weekly dose of Impact Tuesdays, your go-to roundup for students and recent grads ready to launch a career that matters.
Each edition, I’ll share 4 quick wins, fresh tools, and real-world lessons to help you move from “just thinking about it” to actually building your impact career. Expect practical tips, honest reflections, and a few shortcuts I wish I’d known when I started out.
Something new with me
Limited podcast series is just around the corner.
Relatable struggles, silver linings and the future that you might be looking for.
It’s all in there as I interview 3 young professionals who are a couple of years into their career journeys.
It’s not been easy for them, but each has managed to carve out a space in the humanitarian/development sector to call their own.
Experiences from GIZ, UNDP, UNV, Red Cross and more.
While it’s mainly a bit of banter, there’s some great experiences and stories to learn from.
In the meantime, why not listen to these crackers:
Something cool for you
Ever heard of a job fairy?
Unfortunately, it is not a little man in tights and fairy wings who will offer you a job.
Instead, it is the title given to some really cool people on Linkedin.
These peeps post jobs lists regularly, so you don’t always have to go looking.
Even better, most of them specialise in specific job postings e.g. gender jobs, climate jobs, jobs in EU…
So, check out this list and go follow some of those fairies who you think are worth keeping up with.
Social impact jobs (general)
2. Anna Levy
3. Asad Aftab
4. Daisy Chepkemoi (Africa, Global South, remote)
Gender jobs & LGBTQI+
6. Elena Botanina – Telegram channel
7. Ludovica Anedda & Peninah Kímiri (she/ella) from GenderJobs.org
Human rights, international development, humanitarian work
8. Gagan V. (UN jobs)
9. Haiqi Wan (UN jobs, scholarships & internships)
International fellowships & internships
10. Diana Ishaqat
11. Rawan Taha
Something useful you might not know
The problem of poop.
Ever heard of WASH and wondered if it’s just a fancy way to say “take a shower”?
Nope. It’s the acronym for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene, the unsung hero of humanitarian work that keeps communities healthy and thriving, especially in tough spots like disaster zones or low-resource areas.
Picture this: In a refugee camp in Kenya, clean water points (that’s the “water” part) prevent folks from drinking from contaminated rivers, slashing cholera outbreaks by up to 90%.
Then there’s sanitation, think eco-friendly latrines that stop waste from polluting groundwater, like the ones turning human poop into fertilizer in rural India.
And hygiene? It’s all about habits, like handwashing stations in schools that cut diarrhea cases in kids by half, as seen in programs across Bangladesh during floods.
Why does it matter? WASH isn’t just about staying clean; it fights off diseases, empowers women (who often fetch water), and even boosts economies by keeping people out of hospitals and in jobs. Fun fact: Poor WASH causes more deaths yearly than wars.
Want to dive deeper? Organizations like UNICEF and the World Health Organization offer free guides, reports, and even online courses on their sites to get you started.
Quote from the sector
"I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.”
— Angela Davis, political activist and academic
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