My storify-ed livetweets from panel discussion on foreign policy & humanitarian aid efforts in Uganda & the Congo in response to the international media attention garnered by Invisible Children’s KONY 2012 campaign. With Maurice Carney of Friends of the Congo, Milton Allimadi of Black Star News, a[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Northern Uganda’
April 8th, 2012 - 10:05 am § in Guest Bloggers, Reflection & Rumination
“With the available resources we had…”
James Oonyu, the Founder and Director of Liregu Christian Grace Ministries, a faith-based community development organization based in Lira, Uganda, explains the capacity challenges his organization faces, as well as the very real challenges he faces in working with aid funders.[...]
March 6th, 2012 - 11:02 pm § in Reflection & Rumination
Bad guys, good guys, and the people in between
On Invisible Children's latest Kony2012 campaign: What does "the founder's inability to just 'stay' with Jacob in that dark, low moment" [when he talks about how much he misses his slain brother] say about the organization's approach?[...]
December 16th, 2010 - 1:08 pm § in Guest Bloggers, Reflection & Rumination
Love of the process (Cross-post from Planning the Day)
Meg of Planning the Day: “Life here means having grace for myself and my colleagues when we choose not to fight every battle…It isn’t that I care less, it’s just that I’m in this for the long haul now.”[...]
