Honoring traditions
“Let us honor our teachers and those who shaped our practices by bringing specifics – their names, their places, their lineages – into all our sharing of these practices.”
“Let us honor our teachers and those who shaped our practices by bringing specifics – their names, their places, their lineages – into all our sharing of these practices.”
Should I abandon the term “do-gooder”? Or just keep using it, knowing it occupies a special place in my heart for every human who dares/dared believe the world can be better?
We can’t do this work alone, so we must dwell much more often where we are connected to each other.
How do our roles change if our first responsibility is to do justice to the vast and vital efforts of visionary leaders in the Global South?
4 new ways to think about foreign aid’s role in fighting corruption around the world.
Do donor policies and practices force their so-called “partners” to be unethical?
Marc Maxmeister introduces his newly-published book, “Ebola: Local voices, hard facts.”
“In his breakdown, he not only owned up to embezzlement, but also to having let down his own family, his community, his people, and the generations to come.” A guest post from Rajasvini Bhansali, Executive Director of IDEX.
Effective funding and capacity development initiatives, such as the one featured in this video from Results for Development Institute, are needed to increase the demand for human rights and development at local and international levels.
It still shocks me a little when a colleague will look at me and ask, “Now, what do you mean by ‘downward accountability’?”, as if I’ve uttered an oxymoron.
“Let go and let God.” It’s a mantra of the self-help group, Alcoholics Anonymous. After attending three conferences related to international aid in the last week, I’m wondering if it’s time for us to adopt the same approach.
“He further opines that even if the community has other ideas to suggest about the building project, these would have no room since, in essence, the beggar has no choice. Patrick reminds John that they are not employees of the local community, but rather are working for the NGO.” Guest post by Andebo Pax Pascal in South Sudan.