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Carrying Everest
Written by Leah Davies
His hands tell a story. Marked with lines and callouses, they have carried heavy loads. The weight of a historical connection to a sacred land that has been punctuated by hardship and challenge in the shadows of the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest. Meet Dilip Kulung, a former porter who […]
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Leah Davies
Leah Davies is a purpose-filled writer, human rights activist and coach for budding wordsmiths, who is driven to cultivate change through our stories. Her conscious communications consultancy Paper Planes Connect is a place to celebrate our difference and to unite in our sameness. Using her experience as a journalist and international development worker, she supports the socially conscious to platform their voice and create change, both big and small.
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Anti-Founder takes Speech Therapy to the UN in Cambodia
Written by Leah Davies
Weh Yeoh is the founder of a project tackling extremely common communication and swallowing disorders in Cambodia, but to be frank, Weh rejects the trophy title and instead considers himself more of an ‘anti-founder’. “We’ve all seen founder’s syndrome – or founderitis – at play. Everyone remembers the Steve Jobs, the […]
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Globalisation: a matter of grey
Written by Leah Davies
A girl sits across from me on a train destined for Falmouth in Cornwall on the English South West Coast Path, with an assortment of luggage surrounding her feet. She is travelling from somewhere far away. She watches a movie with what seems to have Korean and French […]
