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“This is the world I know I want to be a part of – one where we can all experiment, where we can stop performing, where we can belong, where we can relax, celebrate, and grieve and be confused…together.”
“This is the world I know I want to be a part of – one where we can all experiment, where we can stop performing, where we can belong, where we can relax, celebrate, and grieve and be confused…together.”
Will you help me mark the 10th anniversary of how-matters.org?
Time to retire not just “empowerment” and “capacity building,” but the mindset and orientation that created them and are often still working underneath them.
There is a growing number of small NGOs and foundations specializing in offering direct funding to grassroots leaders. And 20+ of them have come together to write a book!
“You’ll see that we have few resources but, what we do have, we use as best as we can.” Sharing a booklet produced by Cassa Banana Community Health Committee in Zimbabwe.
Marc Maxmeister introduces his newly-published book, “Ebola: Local voices, hard facts.”
Here’s to the ones who ask “why” openly in meetings because they just can’t tolerate the façade of “doing good.”
The strongest assets in this fight are the committed women and men who know and love their communities, says Alison Carlman.
Links to stories on those responding to Ebola on the ground, regardless of international aid or media coverage
Grassroots civil society activists from Palestine discuss their experiences with international aid in this Special Mention Award Winner of the Social Impact Media Awards.
If you’re in Washington D.C. this Wednesday, August 22nd, please join me for a “How Matters Hub” at 6:00pm EST. And if you’re not in D.C., you can listen to my recent radio interview on the Australian radio program, AidWorks.
Sharing a list of fundraising resources for community-based organizations in the developing world.
What would the marketing gurus tell local organizations about improving their image to stimulate demand for their services among international donors? What would you?