Sharing my conversation with Saaed Wame, founder and director of local organization NACC in Malawi, on valuing community contributions, the challenges of child protection, and how numbers cannot portray the true value of his organization’s work.[...]
Posts Tagged ‘HIV’
Waiting for Pennies from Heaven
Sharing a list of fundraising resources for community-based organizations in the developing world.[...]
Another Must Listen
Highlighting This American Life’s Episode 444: Gossip (Originally aired 8/26/11), which covers research relevant to HIV prevention in Malawi.[...]
Got ‘Em: An Evaluation Story
The evaluation report was scathing, but I felt honest. And given the sharing of the preliminary results, it should have hardly come as a surprise…But it did.[...]
Welcome new GAVI CEO! You’ve got quite a task ahead!
A new charismatic CEO for GAVI: Can he see through spin at global health cocktail parties? Get dirt under his fingernails to discover the real customers? Negotiate with pharma for lower prices? Get non-Gates donors to open their wallets? And all at the same time?[...]
Plugging back in: Catching up with the aid blogosphere
Sharing recent links that demonstrate the aid blogosphere’s continued robustness and relevance. Here’s to more in 2011![...]
Waiting for Pennies from Heaven
A list of fundraising resources for community-based organizations in the developing world[...]
Spotting Community Ownership
Is there genuine community ownership? Are the people served invested in the outcomes of the program? Most importantly, how can we know? ...We start by asking the right questions.[...]
A Heartbreaker
Yes, the paradigm of development can break our hearts. But everyday, we have a choice. Will we slump into the system? Or will we challenge the parts of it that prevent us from feeling and exhibiting compassion?[...]





