How-matters.org’s Friday feature! Sharing an excerpt from “The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck [...]
Posts Tagged ‘international development’
February 3rd, 2012 - 10:28 am § in Poetry Pause
Friday’s Poetic Pause: Excerpt from “The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck
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 27th, 2012 - 9:15 am § in Poetry Pause
Friday’s Poetic Pause: “Capacity Gap”
How-matters.org’s Friday feature! Sharing “Capacity Gap” by yours truly. [...]
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 7 Comments
January 20th, 2012 - 6:10 am § in Poetry Pause
Friday’s Poetic Pause: “A Ritual To Read To Each Other” by William Stafford
How-matters.org’s Friday feature! Sharing “A Ritual To Read To Each Other” by William Stafford[...]
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[...]
Tags: aid effectiveness, aid workers, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, philanthropy, privilege, racism, racism and international aid, racism and philanthropy, social enterprise, social entrepreneurship 9 Comments
January 16th, 2012 - 11:53 am § in Reflection & Rumination
Poverty here, poverty there
How do our perceptions of the poor in our own country influence how we think about the poor in the rest of the world? My reflections on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.[...]
Tags: aid effectiveness, aid workers, Barbara Ehrenreich, C-SPAN, capacity building, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, Cornel West, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grantmakers, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, Jeffrey Sachs, Jr., Majora Carter, Michael Moore, organizational development, PBS, philanthropy, racism and development, Remaking America: From Poverty to Prosperity, Roger A. Clay, social enterprise, Suze Orman, Tavis Smiley, Vicki Escarra 4 Comments
