Unfathomable Journey
On Reuters investigative report, The Child Exchange: Inside America’s underground market for adopted children.
On Reuters investigative report, The Child Exchange: Inside America’s underground market for adopted children.
A trailer from the film “We Want Development (but at what cost?)”, about the development of a port in Lamu, Kenya. (c) Thirsty Fish 2012
Three people I know and admire are getting the recognition they deserve this week: Mulugeta Gebru, Tori Hogan, and Sasha Fischer. Make sure you know what these people are accomplishing!
More people should hear about the effectiveness and sustainability of community-led development. Helping IIRR get to the TEDx conference in Chicago in 2013 to share this “idea worth spreading.”
Leaders from four African organizations sat down to give their “real”, though too-often-unheard insights on site visits from the perspective of the ones being visited.
Would you “adopt” a village in Ethiopia? A new blogger and myself discuss how language matters within aid relationships.
Richard Moore, founder of Children in Crossfire in Derry, Ireland, discusses the figurative blind spots for many people as they become involved in aid work. Richard, who was literally blinded by a British soldier at the age of 10, also discusses the value of community and the power of vulnerability.
“‘The system’ whereby foreign donors give handouts, and not sustainable initiatives that are drawn from the needs of the communities, is a problem.” ~R.F.M. community activist, Zimbabwe
Aid recipients “are more concerned about ‘how’ assistance is provided than how much is given.” Initial findings from The Listening Project, a systematic exploration of the insights of people who live in societies that have been on the recipient end of international assistance efforts.