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October 5th, 2011 - 7:34 am § in Reflection & Rumination

What’s missing from the aid effectiveness debate? Overlooking the capacity of local organizations

Are we overlooking the capacity of local NGOs? My guest post on The Broker Online argues that rather than being the lowest common denominator of international assistance, local indigenous organizations should be regarded as the fundamental unit of effective development aid.[...]

Tags: accountability, Accra Agenda for Action, alternatives, Arab Spring, Busan, Center for Global Development, Chet Tchozewski, climate change, community participation, community-based organizations, complexity, conflict, food crisis, foreign aid, foreign assistance, funding mechanisms, GlobalGreengrants, grassroots organizations, HIV/AIDS, international aid, international development, NGOs, Oxfam, Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, poverty, power dynamics, Rajiv Shah, Robert Zoellick, social change, social movements, Somalia, South Africa, Todd Moss, USAID, WiserEarth, women’s groups, World Bank 4 Comments

September 20th, 2011 - 11:46 am § in Good Practice

Waiting for Pennies from Heaven

Sharing a list of fundraising resources for community-based organizations in the developing world.[...]

Tags: AIDS, BOND UK, CGI2011, CIVICUS, Clinton Global Initiative, community-based organizations, foreign aid, foreign assistance, funding flows, funding mechanisms, fundraising, Global Fund for Women, GlobalGiving, grassroots leaders, grassroots organizations, HIV, Idasa, international aid, international development, International HIV/AIDS Alliance, MDG Summit, millennium development goals, Resource Alliance, resource mobilization, Save the Children UK, SoCap2010 global poverty, Tearfund, U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, Uganda, Women Thrive Worldwide, World Bank 2 Comments

August 30th, 2011 - 11:12 am § in Good Practice, Guest Bloggers

The Curious Aid Worker: Storytelling with Marc Maxson (Part II)

“If your general impression [is that most grassroots organizations are incapacitated], then you’ve been driving a white SUV through a village to get the ‘authentic’ feel of some project.” ~Marc Maxson of GlobalGiving’s Storytelling Project[...]

Tags: aid effectiveness, aid partnerships, capacity building, cash transfers, Chewy Chunks, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, corruption, development jargon, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, funding mechanisms, GlobalGiving, grassroots organizations, HIV, human rights, international aid, international development, Kenya, knowledge management, Marc Maxson, neuroscience, NGOs, ODA, organizational development, qualitative data, remittances, social prosperity, storytelling, The Storytelling Project, Uganda, USAID, World Bank 3 Comments

August 29th, 2011 - 6:04 pm § in Good Practice, Guest Bloggers

The Curious Aid Worker: Storytelling with Marc Maxson (Part I)

“Half the stories of community change are not about NGOs at all, but individuals. It’s time NGOs realized they’re not the center of the community, and figured out how to work with the individuals who are.” ~from my interview with Marc Maxson of GlobalGiving’s Storytelling Project[...]

Tags: aid effectiveness, aid partnerships, capacity building, Chewy Chunks, Cognitive Edge, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, donors, downward accountability, East Africa, Facebook, foreign aid, foreign assistance, funding mechanisms, game theory, GlobalGiving, grassroots organizations, impact, international aid, international development, Kenya, knowledge management, Liberia, Marc Maxson, monitoring and evaluation, neuroscience, NGOs, online fundraising, organizational curiosity, organizational development, Peace Corps, qualitative data, qualitative methods, SenseMaker, storytelling, The Storytelling Project, Uganda 4 Comments

March 11th, 2011 - 8:12 am § in Reflection & Rumination

Did I fund Organization X?

We need smart people to identify what works, yes. We also need these same smart people to utilize their skills to meet organizations where they are, rather than trying to form them into versions of ourselves.[...]

Tags: aid workers, alternatives, capacity building, community participation, community-based organizations, foreign aid, foreign assistance, funding mechanisms, grassroots organizations, HIV/AIDS, international aid, international development, NGOs, organizational development, orphans and vulnerable children, OVC, small grants, social movements, Zimbabwe 6 Comments

November 8th, 2010 - 9:10 pm § in Good Practice, Reflection & Rumination

What’s missing from the DIY aid debate? Overlooking the Capacity of Local NGOs

Are we overlooking the capacity of local NGOs? Rather than being the lowest common denominator of international assistance, indigenous organizations should be regarded as the fundamental unit of effective development aid.[...]

Tags: accountability, aid workers, alternatives, capacity building, community participation, community-based organizations, complexity, DIY aid, foreign aid, foreign assistance, funding mechanisms, GlobalGreengrants, grassroots organizations, HIV/AIDS, international aid, international development, JLICA, Malawi, Namibia, NGOs, Nicholas Kristof, organizational development, power dynamics, Robert L. Woodson, social change, social movements, South Africa, Uganda, UNICEF, voluntourism, WiserEarth 21 Comments

October 31st, 2010 - 2:01 pm § in Good Practice

Dipping into the reading pile

Sharing excerpts of twelve papers on international development and aid effectiveness from my reading pile. [...]

Tags: accountability, aid effectiveness, aid workers, alternatives, Andrew Natios, Aspen Institute, AWID, CAFOD, Camfed, capacity building, community participation, complexity, economic growth, foreign aid, foreign assistance, funding mechanisms, Global South, globalization, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, INTRAC, Kenya, monitoring and evaluation, organizational development, philanthropy, solidarity, Tearfund, USAID, values, World Bank 4 Comments

October 10th, 2010 - 8:26 pm § in Guest Bloggers, Reflection & Rumination

Changing the system…from the ground up

"‘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[...]

Tags: accountability, aid workers, alternatives, Argentina, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, donors, downward accountability, Ethiopia, foreign aid, foreign assistance, funding mechanisms, grassroots organizations, ideas, innovation, intermediaries, international aid, international development, Kenya, Listening Project, Malawi, Mozambique, Palestine, power dynamics, solutions, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, USAID, Zimbabwe 8 Comments

October 5th, 2010 - 11:55 am § in Good Practice

Waiting for Pennies from Heaven

A list of fundraising resources for community-based organizations in the developing world[...]

Tags: AIDS, BOND UK, CIVICUS, Clinton Global Initiative, community-based organizations, foreign aid, foreign assistance, funding flows, funding mechanisms, fundraising, Global Fund for Women, global poverty, GlobalGiving, grassroots leaders, grassroots organizations, HIV, Idasa, international aid, international development, International HIV/AIDS Alliance, MDG Summit, millennium development goals, Resource Alliance, resource mobilization, Save the Children UK, SoCap 2010, Tearfund, U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, Uganda, Women Thrive Worldwide, World Bank 14 Comments

September 2nd, 2010 - 1:23 am § in Good Practice, Guest Bloggers

Listening to People on the Receiving End of Aid

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.[...]