Announcing A Day Without Dignity – Counter Campaign to A Day Without Shoes

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

It’s time again for TOMS Shoes’ annual “awareness raising activity” (advertisement) called A Day Without Shoes. Every year TOMS gets celebrities and college students to walk around barefoot so that they are more aware of the plight of people…

Japan says no to SWEDOW (Stuff We Don’t Want)

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

This article in the Daily Yomiuri caught my attention. It’s titled Donors asked to observe simple rules when giving, and it lays out the issues arising with so many people donating goods throughout Japan. Donated goods are a problem…

Japan is limiting international assistance

Monday, March 28th, 2011

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When is an orphan not an orphan?

Friday, March 25th, 2011

I’ve been writing the chapter of my book related to orphanages. In the process I’m compiling all the quotes I have discussing orphanages filled with kids that aren’t actually orphans. Thought I’d share what I have thus far. If you…

Problems with orphanages in Haiti and Cambodia

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

Those of you that follow my blog regularly know that I’ve write about the problems with orphanages often. In fact, I’ve written 12 posts on the topic. Just this week two articles came out in the news that…

The scramble for donor dollars after a disaster

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

There have been a lot of high profile disasters over the past few years, and each disaster brings home the point that the way we fund disasters does not work well. And after each of these disasters, a reporter will…

Giving to local organizations in Japan

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

From what I understand, there are two organizations in Japan that help coordinate nonprofit work.

• JANIC (Japan NGO Center for International Cooperation) which, according to their website, is a network organization of Japanese civil society groups.
• The

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Update on the Japan relief efforts – Don’t send stuff or volunteers

Monday, March 21st, 2011

Good news out of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) today.

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Charitable Advertising, Media, and Public Perception

Sunday, March 20th, 2011

This recent article in the Columbia Journalism Review, Hiding the Real Africa: Why NGOs prefer bad news, highlights a trend with media coverage of aid and development issues. According to their article:

“And now for some good news…

My interviews on the Japan recovery efforts

Friday, March 18th, 2011

Below are links to the various newspaper and radio programs have either interviewed me or linked to this blog. I’ll keep this list updated with the most recent ones on the top.

Interviews

National Public Radio – Disaster…