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January 17th, 2011 - 3:54 pm § in Reflection & Rumination

Confessions of a Recovering Neocolonialist on Martin Luther King Day

An uncomfortable silence fell upon the car. It seems Lovemore had forgotten, or maybe not, that there was a budding neocolonialist in his midst.[...]

Tags: aid workers, alternatives, capacity building, community-based organizations, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, ICVA, INGOs, international aid, international development, Jr., local organizations, local ownership, Martin Luther King, modernism, Nelson Mandela, neocolonialism, NGOs, One Laptop Per Child, Paulo Freire, PlayPumps, racism, SCHR, Tim Ogden, Valerie Amos, Zimbabwe 5 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

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.[...]

Tags: community assets, developing countries, grassroots organizations, international assistance, international development, international volunteers, local ownership, power dynamics, privilege, racism, relationship building, Zimbabwe 1 Comment

September 2nd, 2010 - 1:23 am § in Good Practice, Guest Bloggers

Listening to People on the Receiving End of Aid

Aid recipients “are more concerned about ‘how’ assistance is provided than how much is given.” Initial findings from The Listening Project, a systematic exploration of the insights of people who live in societies that have been on the recipient end of international assistance efforts.[...]

Tags: academics, accountability, Aceh, Afghanistan, aid workers, alternatives, Angola, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Burma, business people, Cambodia, capacity building, civil society, community leaders, community participation, community-based organizations, East Timor, Ecuador, Ethiopia, foreign aid, foreign assistance, funding mechanisms, government officials, grassroots organizations, Harvard Hauser Center, health workers, impact, Indonesia, international aid, international development, Kenya, Kosovo, Lebanon, listening, Listening Project, Mali, Mindanao, Myanmar, NGO staff, organizational development, ownership, partnership, power dynamics, religious leaders, respect, solidarity, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, teachers, Thailand, US Gulf Coast, women, youth, Zimbabwe 15 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 13th, 2010 - 3:08 pm § in Reflection & Rumination

Our Most Important Job

“The kids in Africa were soooo amazing and so darn cute.” And so, the smoke poured out of my ears before I could even have my morning coffee.[...]

Tags: aid workers, AIDS orphans, community participation, compassion, dependency, do no harm, foreign aid, foreign assistance, international aid, international development, J.B. MacKinnon, local leadership, orphanage, poverty, power dynamics, racism, South Africa, stoves, Uganda, voluntourism, Zimbabwe 8 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.[...]