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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 17th, 2012 - 9:35 am § in Poetry Pause

Friday’s Poetic Pause: “When sorrow comes” by A. Powell Davies

How-matters.org’s Friday feature! Sharing “When sorrow comes” by A. Powell Davies as a tribute to my late grandfather and to the Gwai Grandmothers in Mberengwa, Zimbabwe.[...]

Tags: aid work, aid workers, drought, food sovereignty, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, Gwai Grandmothers, hunger, international aid, international development, local NGOs, poetry, Zimbabwe 1 Comment

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 18th, 2012 - 7:45 pm § in Good Practice

The Village Changemakers

Plain Ink is a social enterprise that wants to “fuel a better story” in the developing world. Featuring its latest comic book on sanitation in India, “The Village Changemakers.” [...]

Tags: Afghanistan, aid effectiveness, aid workers, Clare Mulvany, community ownership, community participation, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, GOOD, grassroots organizations, India, international aid, international development, philanthropy, Plain Ink, sanitation, social enterprise, The Village Changemakers, water, watsan No 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[...]