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March 4th, 2012 - 10:55 am § in Good Practice, Guest Bloggers, Reflection & Rumination

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

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)[...]

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)[...]

February 1st, 2012 - 8:00 am § in Good Practice

What changes as an organization gets stronger?

Sharing sixteen elements of an organization that change as it gets stronger. By Phil Bartle, PhD.[...]

Tags: Aaron Ausland, capacity building, civil society, community-based organizations, foreign aid, foreign assistance, good practice, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, NGOs, non-governmental organizations, organizational change, organizational development, Phil Bartle, social change 4 Comments

January 30th, 2012 - 6:00 am § in Guest Bloggers

Capillary Philanthropy: Businesses, local NGOs, and the future of aid

Orietta L’Abbate, CEO of Association Amis des Enfants Australia Inc., shares her proposal for the future of aid, a “one-to-one” support system whereby businesses select a “sister” local NGO to help on a 5-10 year plan.[...]

Tags: aid effectiveness, aid workers, Association Amis des Enfants Australia, Association Amis des Enfants de l’ile de la Gonâve, capillary philanthropy, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, disaster management, disaster prevention, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, Haiti, Haiti earthquake, international aid, international development, philanthropy, relief and recovery, social enterprise 1 Comment

January 24th, 2012 - 10:45 am § in Reflection & Rumination

Titillating TED Talks for Development Folks II

Too many TED talks. Too little time. Here’s some I’ve come across over the last few months to share with how-matters.org readers. [...]

Tags: Africa, aid effectiveness, aid workers, Chip Conley, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, compassion, donors, Eli Pariser, empathy, Engineers Without Borders, Facebook, foreign aid, foreign assistance, GDP, grassroots organizations, gross domestic product, international aid, international development, Israel-Palestine conflict, Joan Halifax, Julia Bacha, Kathryn Schulz, Leslie Dodson, Mark Zuckerberg, othering, Palestine, peacebuilding, philanthropy, Sam Richards, social enterprise, TED, TED talks, the Other No Comments

January 23rd, 2012 - 7:00 am § in Guest Bloggers

Has aid lost its humanity?

“Development work had become more about systems and structures than the actual lived realities of people,” argues Mette Müller, founder of Best Self Experience. Can important concepts like 'empathy', 'understanding' and 'compassion' enter the way we deliver aid?[...]

Tags: accountability, aid effectiveness, aid workers, Best Self Experience, capacity building, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, compassion, donors, empathy, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, intuitive healing, Kenya, Mette Müller, organizational development, philanthropy, social change, social enterprise, Tanzania 9 Comments

January 17th, 2012 - 11:45 am § in Guest Bloggers

The elephant hasn’t left the room: Racism, power & international aid

“I want to be able to have an open conversation with grantees that allows me to be who I am. That is the only way I know how to use my power and privilege to support others.” A guest post by Sasha Rabsey of The HOW Fund[...]

Tags: aid effectiveness, aid workers, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, philanthropy, privilege, racism, racism and international aid, racism and philanthropy, social enterprise, social entrepreneurship 11 Comments

January 16th, 2012 - 11:53 am § in Reflection & Rumination

Poverty here, poverty there

How do our perceptions of the poor in our own country influence how we think about the poor in the rest of the world? My reflections on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.[...]