Archive for June, 2011
Hug-an-orphan vacations
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
While I’m on “sabbatical” I’m reposting articles that readers may have missed.
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The growing popularity of short-term international volunteering (voluntourism) has led to the disturbing trend of hug-an-orphan vacations. While visiting a foreign country people take time to
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Increasing International Dialogue and Engagement
Monday, June 27th, 2011
The following is a guest post by Bonnie Koenig. Bonnie is a consultant working with NGOs and other organizations on engaging internationally. She is the author of Going Global For the Greater Good and blogs at http://www.goinginternational.wordpress.com
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What
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Turning Good Intentions into Good Actions
Monday, June 20th, 2011
This is a guest post by Jeff Raderstrong. Jeff is the Communications and Assessment Associate at Venture Philanthropy Partners and the co-founder of the Social Entrepreneurs of Grinnell. He tweets @jraders and blogs at Change Charity.…
Does funding orphanages create orphans?
Thursday, June 16th, 2011
While I’m on “sabbatical” I’m reposting some of my previous posts that readers may have missed.
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If the unthinkable were to happen and you and your spouse, or one of your children and their spouse, were to die
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The Conundrum of Counting Beneficiaries
Monday, June 13th, 2011
The following is a guest post by Jennifer Lentfer. Jennifer has worked with various international NGOs and philanthropies in east and southern Africa over the past decade, focusing on organizational development and learning. Currently, she is the creator/editor of www.how-matters.org, where this…
The Allure of the Quick Fix
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
While I’m on “sabbatical” I’m reposting some of my previous posts that readers may have missed.
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“Hit the ground running”
As a Crisis Corps Volunteer (part of the US Peace Corps) I was sent back to Thailand to
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Development Without Dignity
Monday, June 6th, 2011
This post was written by Duncan McNicholl for the Day Without Dignity counter-campaign. Duncan writes for the blog Water Wellness and initiated the Perspectives of Poverty project.
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A few years ago, Fonase Banda, of Chikandwe Village,…
A solution to the critical shortage of debate teams and basketball coaches
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
While I’m away I’m sharing reposts of previous posts I think would interest my readers. This post originally appeared in March of 2010.
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In yesterday’s New York Times Nicholas Kristof proposed a solution to the critical shortage
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