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 ‘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.[...]
April 1st, 2012 - 8:38 am § in Guest Bloggers, Reflection & Rumination
Whom do I actually serve?
“He further opines that even if the community has other ideas to suggest about the building project, these would have no room since, in essence, the beggar has no choice. Patrick reminds John that they are not employees of the local community, but rather are working for the NGO.” Guest post by A[...]
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?[...]
November 12th, 2011 - 7:57 pm § in Reflection & Rumination
Hillary, Julia, Stoves Won’t Save the World
On World Pneumonia Day, I ask what has become of The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves a year later. Why has yet another “silver bullet” failed to make a difference for those in the developing world?[...]
October 19th, 2011 - 8:20 pm § in Good Practice, Guest Bloggers
How would you measure the strength of a partnership?
Ruiari Nolan of Peace Direct offers the following guest post, sharing their experience of trying to determine what is important in relationships with grassroots organisations, and how they’re trying to measure performance in this area. [...]
September 20th, 2011 - 11:46 am § in Good Practice
Waiting for Pennies from Heaven
Sharing a list of fundraising resources for community-based organizations in the developing world.[...]
