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November 17th, 2011 - 12:41 pm § in Guest Bloggers, Reflection & Rumination

Random Nomad

Link to my interview in The Displaced Nation: "RANDOM NOMAD: Jennifer Lentfer, International Aid Consultant, Writer & Blogger"[...]

September 14th, 2011 - 11:44 am § in Reflection & Rumination

New Mission in Life

“Now my heart is in relating human to human,” she said. “Forget class, forget race, this is the reason God sent me here.” (Gasp!) Sharing an article written about me in 1998.[...]

June 5th, 2011 - 4:36 pm § in Guest Bloggers

The Marginalization of CBOs by Development Actors: A Perspective from Zimbabwe

“NGOs tend to view CBOs in two ways: with suspicion and mistrust on the one hand, and as instruments for community organising and project implementation on the other.” Excerpt from a paper by Samuel Maruta, Southern Institute of Peace-building and Development, Zimbabwe.[...]

March 18th, 2011 - 5:25 am § in Reflection & Rumination

Nothing to Offer

In the wake of such tragedy in Japan, let us never forget the long-term, slow-moving disasters of poverty, inequality and injustice around the rest of the world, where funding IS readily needed. [...]

March 11th, 2011 - 8:12 am § in Reflection & Rumination

Did I fund Organization X?

We need smart people to identify what works, yes. We also need these same smart people to utilize their skills to meet organizations where they are, rather than trying to form them into versions of ourselves.[...]

February 24th, 2011 - 4:58 pm § in Good Practice

Would YOU fund this organization?

I received a report, exactly as it appears in this post, from a Zimbabwean organization. Only one question—if you were the grantmaker, would you fund them again? [...]

October 4th, 2010 - 1:32 pm § in Good Practice, Reflection & Rumination

Ruminating on the Radio

Jennifer Lentfer of how-matters.org is interviewed by Megan Schiebe on blogtalkradio’s Global Humanitarian Discussions.[...]