Leaders from four African organizations sat down to give their “real”, though too-often-unheard insights on site visits from the perspective of the ones being visited.[...]
Posts Tagged ‘international aid’
May 22nd, 2012 - 9:52 pm § in Good Practice
Site Visits: The Feedback You’ve Never Heard
Tags: aid effectiveness, aid partnerships, aid workers, community participation, community-based organizations, donors, Ethiopia, evaluation, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grantees, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, Kenya, Lesotho, M&E, monitoring, organizational development, philanthropy, site visits, South Africa No Comments
May 20th, 2012 - 3:00 am § in Good Practice, Guest Bloggers
Write a book in 4 hours with 20 grassroots organizations?—How!?!
Nobody believed that writing a book together could happen, but forty community leaders produced 27 stories about their work in development and empowerment in just 4 hours. Independent consultant Lucia Nass shares her story from Myanmar.[...]
Tags: aid effectiveness, aid workers, capacity building, community empowerment, community leaders, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grantmaking, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, Lucia Nass, Myanmar, organizational development, philanthropy, social enterprise, writeshop 2 Comments
May 15th, 2012 - 7:35 am § in Reflection & Rumination
Accountability to whom? Keep asking.
It still shocks me a little when a colleague will look at me and ask, “Now, what do you mean by ‘downward accountability’?”, as if I’ve uttered an oxymoron. [...]
Tags: accountability, aid effectiveness, aid workers, capacity building, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, donors, downward accountability, foreign aid, foreign assistance, GlobalGiving, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, organizational development, philanthropy, social enterprise 8 Comments
May 13th, 2012 - 7:00 am § in Good Practice, Guest Bloggers
How to Make People Glad That You Are There: Some Motherly Advice
To celebrate Mother’s Day, I’m sharing a chapter from Ruth Stark’s book, How to Work in Someone Else’s Country, which she wrote for her daughter, Taryn, also an aid professional. [...]
Tags: aid effectiveness, aid workers, capacity building, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, global health, How to Work in Someone Else’s Country, international aid, international development, organizational development, philanthropy, Ruth Stark 3 Comments
May 11th, 2012 - 6:45 am § in Poetry Pause
Friday’s Poetic Pause: “Paper Over People”
How-matters.org’s Friday feature! Sharing “Paper Over People” by yours truly. [...]
May 9th, 2012 - 5:00 pm § in Good Practice, Reflection & Rumination
Why I support isolated aid workers across the globe and so should you!
The estimated 595,000 aid workers around the world (ALNAP, 2010) are rarely called to examine the bureaucratic rigidities that govern their day-to-day work. By supporting each other to create more trust, equity and mutual accountability with those we serve in the developing world, system-wide reform[...]
Tags: aid effectiveness, aid reform, aid workers, capacity building, coaching, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, mentoring, organizational development, philanthropy, social enterprise, whydev.org 3 Comments
May 7th, 2012 - 3:00 pm § in Reflection & Rumination
The Case of the Missing Tomato Cages
When people ask me why this farm-girl-turned-aid-worker has devoted herself to placing community-driven development initiatives at the forefront of aid, here’s why.[...]
Tags: aid effectiveness, aid workers, capacity building, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, corruption, donors, downward accountability, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, Local Champions, local leaders, organizational development, philanthropy, social capital, social enterprise 1 Comment
May 5th, 2012 - 7:05 am § in Reflection & Rumination
Does aid need a 12-step program?
“Let go and let God.” It’s a mantra of the self-help group, Alcoholics Anonymous. After attending three conferences related to international aid in the last week, I’m wondering if it’s time for us to adopt the same approach.[...]
Tags: 12 step program, accountability, aid effectiveness, aid innovation, aid workers, Alcoholics Anonymous, capacity building, CBODN, Chesapeake Bay Organizational Development Network, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, country ownership, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, InterAction, InterAction Forum, international aid, international development, local leaders, MIDEGO, organizational development, philanthropy, social enterprise, USAID, volunteers 10 Comments
April 27th, 2012 - 7:15 am § in Poetry Pause
Friday’s Poetic Pause: “Because I Am a Girl, I Must Study” by Kamla Bhasin
How-matters.org’s Friday feature! Sharing “Because I Am a Girl, I Must Study” by Kamla Bhasin[...]
April 20th, 2012 - 6:00 am § in Poetry Pause
Friday’s Poetic Pause: Evaluation Led by Poetry?
"Little did Rumbidzai know that her poem would become a piece of art that would serve to illuminate the journey the partner organizations were about to begin." From "Narratives of Hope 'It Starts Within Us': Documenting Development Through Stories of Change", published by Weaver Press.[...]
Tags: community development, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, Documenting Development Through Stories of Change, EED, evaluation, German Church Development Service, grassroots organizations, international aid, local NGOs, local ownership, monitoring and evaluation, Most Significant Change, Narratives of Hope 'It Starts Within Us', poetry, storytelling, Weaver Press, Zimbabwe 2 Comments
