Ethiopia and Sudan Dalglish organized an airlift of food and medical supplies from
Canada to
Ethiopia in December 1984 along with
University of King's College president John Godfrey. The experience convinced him to leave his law career and return to Africa to work with poor children. Dalglish joined the
World University Service of Canada (WUSC) to work in
Darfur Sudan, where he organized humanitarian relief for women and children displaced by severe drought and famine. In the late 1980s, Dalglish through Street Kids International arranged to rehabilitate and equip children's schools in southern Sudan as part of
Operation Lifeline and hired
Emma McCune to run the project. In 1986, Dalglish was reassigned to run the
World Food Programme Road Transportation Operation in
Khartoum, Sudan. After catching a child breaking into his vehicle using a bent nail, Dalglish convinced a Belgian technical training school to provide auto mechanic training to street children, funded with $50,000 from
Bob Geldof. In 1987, Dalglish set up a bicycle courier service run entirely by street children in Khartoum with "$200, a borrowed office, and an
American Express card", creating
Street Kids International.
Mexico and Guatemala In 1986, Dalglish spent three months engaging street children in Guatemala and Mexico developing a anti-drug cartoon project, "Gold tooth", with
Derek Lamb and
Kaj Pindal, and two further films "Karate Kid" about HIV/AIDS and another about starting a business. In 1994, Dalglish was appointed as the first director of Youth Service Canada, the Government of Canada's civilian volunteer youth corps. In 1997,
Upper Canada College hired Dalglish to run the "Horizon Program" for inner-city youth in Toronto.
Thailand Dalglish then worked in
Bangkok, helping as Father Joe Maier of the
Human Development Center set up a legal-aid clinic for 8000 children in the legal system. In this role, he focused on three initiatives: return children from orphanages to their families; treat children affected by HIV/AIDS, and apprenticeship training. Between 2006 and 2010, Dalglish served as the executive director of the South Asia Children's Fund, which promotes education for disadvantaged children in the region. Following his Afghanistan mission, Dalglish joined the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response. ==Recognition==