"It is the HOW that creates impact." A new video from Daniela Papi of PEPY Tours. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘aid workers’
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Tags: aid effectiveness, aid workers, Cambodia, capacity building, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, Daniela Papi, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, international volunteers, organizational development, PEPY Tours, philanthropy, social enterprise, volunteerism No Comments
March 12th, 2012 - 5:44 pm § in Guest Bloggers, Reflection & Rumination
Searching for Closure: A Kony2012 Postscript
@InnovateAfrica & I host a live chat to reflect more the issues that came up from our posts on #StopKony. [...]
Tags: aid effectiveness, aid workers, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, Hope North, InnovateAfrica, international aid, international development, Invisible Children, Kony2012, Northern Uganda, philanthropy, social enterprise, StopKony, Uganda 7 Comments
March 9th, 2012 - 7:45 am § in Poetry Pause
Friday’s Poetic Pause: “Night Flight Above a Post-war Town” by Timothy Ogene
How-matters.org’s Friday feature! Sharing “Night Flight Above a Post-war Town,” a poem by Timothy Ogene in Liberia. [...]
How to Work in Someone Else’s Country (A Book Review)
To fumble is an inevitable part of working cross-culturally. To be humble is not, thus the need for this book. (A review of Ruth Stark’s, How to Work in Someone Else’s Country.)[...]
Tags: aid effectiveness, aid workers, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, How to Work in Someone Else’s Country, international aid, international consultants, international development, international health, international workers 7 Comments
March 2nd, 2012 - 7:45 am § in Poetry Pause
Friday’s Poetic Pause: “Two Kinds of Intelligence” by Rumi
How-matters.org’s Friday feature! Sharing “Two Kinds of Intelligence,” a poem by Rumi[...]
February 26th, 2012 - 9:02 pm § in Reflection & Rumination
Logframes….errrgh!
The predictable, linear, rational progression of activities is what can make a sound logframe clear and elegant. But this is also what can render it useless in the context of providing relief and fighting poverty and injustice. [...]
Tags: aid effectiveness, aid workers, community participation, donors, evaluation, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grant making, international aid, international development, logframe approach, logframes, Logical Framework, M&E, monitoring, NASA, organizational learning, philanthropy, social enterprise, U.S. military, USAID 14 Comments
February 24th, 2012 - 10:05 am § in Poetry Pause
Friday’s Poetic Pause: “Golden Sunlight; Chukudu Shores” by Emily Cavan
How-matters.org’s Friday feature! Sharing “Golden Sunlight; Chukudu Shores” by Emily Cavan of the fantastic blog, Throwing Down the Water: Writings from the DRC.[...]
February 23rd, 2012 - 1:25 pm § in Good Practice
How to build strong relationships with grassroots organizations, Part 3 of 3
Ultimately, people just need more recognition for the good work that they do. (Part 3 of 3)[...]
Tags: aid effectiveness, aid workers, capacity building, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, organizational development, philanthropy, social enterprise 6 Comments
February 22nd, 2012 - 3:00 pm § in Good Practice
How to build strong relationships with grassroots organizations, Part 2 of 3
Under-resourced and under-recognized local organizations face immense challenges on the ground. Yet we as outsiders most often choose to express frustration or impatience if an organization does not appear to be responding to our expectations. (Part 2 of 3)[...]
Tags: aid effectiveness, aid workers, capacity building, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, organizational development, philanthropy, social enterprise No Comments
February 21st, 2012 - 9:02 pm § in Good Practice
How to build strong relationships with grassroots organizations, Part 1 of 3
In order to build authentic relationships with grassroots organizations, these qualities, attitudes and abilities will really make a difference. (Part 1 of 3)[...]
Tags: aid effectiveness, aid workers, capacity building, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, organizational development, philanthropy, social enterprise 1 Comment
