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Posts Tagged ‘Malawi’

October 24th, 2010 - 6:35 pm § in Guest Bloggers, Reflection & Rumination

Pity, Pictures and Poverty

Is fundraising using ‘pitiful’ images justified if charitable organizations use the money effectively? Duncan McNicholl, founder of the "Perspectives of Poverty" project, responds on how-matters.org.[...]

Tags: aid workers, AidWatch, Australian Broadcasting Company, Boston Globe, charity, compassion, Darfur, dehumanizing images, dependency, Duncan McNicholl, engineering, Engineers Without Borders Canada, foreign aid, foreign assistance, Free Range Studios, fundraising, humanity, integrity, international aid, international development, Maclean’s Magazine, Malawi, National Public Radio, New York Post, photography, pity, poverty, poverty porn, power dynamics, racism, refugees, solidarity, Sudan, Water Wellness, YouTopia 9 Comments

October 10th, 2010 - 8:26 pm § in Guest Bloggers, Reflection & Rumination

Changing the system…from the ground up

"‘The system’ whereby foreign donors give handouts, and not sustainable initiatives that are drawn from the needs of the communities, is a problem.” ~R.F.M. community activist, Zimbabwe[...]

Tags: accountability, aid workers, alternatives, Argentina, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, donors, downward accountability, Ethiopia, foreign aid, foreign assistance, funding mechanisms, grassroots organizations, ideas, innovation, intermediaries, international aid, international development, Kenya, Listening Project, Malawi, Mozambique, Palestine, power dynamics, solutions, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, USAID, Zimbabwe 8 Comments

September 9th, 2010 - 6:25 am § in Good Practice

Online Communities for International Do-Gooders

A compiled (and growing) list of online communities related to international development and assistance[...]

Tags: aid workers, Boston, community organizing, conflict resolution, foreign aid, foreign assistance, gender mainstreaming, grassroots organizations, human rights, international aid, international development, LinkedIn, M&E, Malawi, MIT, networks, non-governmental organizations, online communities, outcome mapping, peacebuilding, peer-to-peer exchange, relief, research, social change, social entrepreneurship, social media, virtual community, wikis 31 Comments

September 3rd, 2010 - 4:29 pm § in Reflection & Rumination

The Carpenters and the Rude Man

How many times had I been him? Just wanting to get through to the next stage to achieve those ever-elusive results? Demonstrating my own ignorance and intolerance? Wreaking havoc and unleashing anger as a result?[...]

Tags: colonialism, foreign aid, foreign assistance, international aid, international development, liberation, Malawi, peacebuilding, power dynamics, respect, solidarity 2 Comments

August 17th, 2010 - 12:37 am § in Good Practice, Guest Bloggers, Reflection & Rumination

Changing the aid system: 5 ideas from the inside

We all know it’s easier to identify problems and critique. Here’s a starting list of 5 ideas for changes in international development policy and practice. [...]

Tags: aid workers, alternatives, bureaucracy, cash transfers, community participation, community-based organizations, dependency, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, funding mechanisms, Global Fund, ideas, innovation, international aid, international development, Malawi, Mozambique, OVC, Pakistan, PEPFAR, power dynamics, Rwanda, solutions, South Africa, Swaziland, USAID, Zimbabwe 6 Comments

August 2nd, 2010 - 9:16 pm § in Good Practice

Reuters: New report, model of best practice for aid world

For Camfed, governance is about...who controls resources, and where and to whom accountability lies within the communities it serves, said the report. It is also about the relationships and structures through which communities organise themselves.[...]

Tags: accountability, activism, AlertNet, alternatives, best practice, Camfed, Campaign for Female Education, community-based organizations, dependency, foreign aid, foreign assistance, Ghana, girls, governance, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, Linklaters, Malawi, MDGs, NGOs, operating standards, Reuters, social capital, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe 1 Comment

July 21st, 2010 - 2:40 pm § in Reflection & Rumination

The Real Experts

When a privileged few frame the conversation about fighting AIDS or reducing poverty, remedies from above are imposed on the excluded. Yet it’s those on the ground who have the most important knowledge, ideas, and resources to deal with the immense and complex problems of this century.[...]