How-matters.org’s Friday feature! Sharing an excerpt from “The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck [...]
Posts Tagged ‘international development’
Friday’s Poetic Pause: Excerpt from “The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck
What changes as an organization gets stronger?
Sharing sixteen elements of an organization that change as it gets stronger. By Phil Bartle, PhD.[...]
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.[...]
Friday’s Poetic Pause: “Capacity Gap”
How-matters.org’s Friday feature! Sharing “Capacity Gap” by yours truly. [...]
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. [...]
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?[...]
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[...]
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.” [...]
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[...]
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.[...]





