2011 has been a “shake-up” year for those involved in “flipping the aid system” to put more local and national actors in the driver’s seat of development. How-matters.org is shutting down until January 15th to reflect and plan for 2012![...]
Posts Tagged ‘Fahamu’
December 15th, 2011 - 6:30 am § in Reflection & Rumination
The Year Ends. The Pendulum Swings.
Tags: aid effectiveness, Arab Spring, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, Devex, donors, Fahamu, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots grantmaking, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, Kenya, NGOs, Occupy Movement, responsive grantmaking, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., small grants, social movements, The Chronicle on Philanthropy, Wall Street Journal 1 Comment
January 10th, 2011 - 10:39 am § in Good Practice
Small is Beautiful…Grants, That Is (Part 1)
“We all want to support the kind of people whose good work would not stop if you paid them to quit. That’s what small grants can do best.” ~Chet Tchozewski, Global Greengrants Fund[...]
Tags: accountability, aid effectiveness, alternatives, Bill Easterly, community participation, community-based organizations, Fahamu, foreign aid, foreign assistance, GHETS, Global Greengrants, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, local leadership, microgrants, NGOs, small grants, social movements, UN-WOMEN 7 Comments
