Tag: aid workers
What poems and do-gooders have in common
Poems and do-gooders might share more than you think.
(Plus a small collection of poems in honor of National Poetry Month in the U.S.)
What now? Beyond the #OxfamScandal
Why we need to focus now on addressing power imbalances between the Global South and the Global North in the international aid and philanthropy sector
When the fox guards the hen house
How the lack of diversity in the humanitarian and development sector undermines the most vulnerable among us.
Women, we don’t always have to rush to “fixing”
Should our #MeToo efforts in the global development sector be more systemic and solutions oriented?
#MeToo and the do-gooders
Let’s show the extent of sexual assault and harassment among people “doing good” around the world.
The ego (’cause we all have one)
Here’s 3 ways an unchecked ego can trip us up, and suggestions for how to prevent this.
The first assumption
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?
Does aid need a 12-step program?
Step 1: We admit we are powerless over a project-based mentality–that when we considered the changing world, our frameworks and tools as they had come to define us have become obsolete.
A new kind of donor: 4 things they do differently
Donors stuck in the old ways of moving money around don’t offer useful capital to new and innovative organizations that don’t fit the mold. Here’s four things a new kind of aid donor does better.