http://theroadtothehorizon.blogspot.com/

This is the site of someone who left his engineering job to join the UNHCR. The stories on the site give you a different perspective on life and issues - geopolitics, the dignity of people, what people can do - but also lots of anecdotes and funny/dramatic stories.

some posts to give you an idea if you’ll like this or not

introduction: how it started
deserted island story
deportation from the us
current topic food crisis

I think this site also drove it home to me what people can do in all sorts of places, and indirectly he sparked this UNESCO idea nagging me in the back of my mind, which is that as a scientist, technology expert, small business leader and feminist, and someone who is always harping about the wonder of people and cultures of all kind…  I really ought to put my skills to use for an organisation like this. How to get about it is another matter…

Anyway, enough about me, go check that site :D