Archive for September, 2011
Guideline #2 for volunteering overseas
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
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Don’t volunteer to do what a local person could be paid to do
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Compassion on Sale
Monday, September 26th, 2011
This week’s guest post is from Juanita Rilling, Director of the Center for International Disaster Information (CIDI). The CIDI is an education organization that supports international relief through encouraging effective donations by individuals, groups, businesses, and communities.
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Survey Findings
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
If you’re interested in the results from the survey of aid/development blog readers from a few weeks back then stop by the blog Find What Works to read the latest. Dave Algoso, author of Find What Works,…
Three more weeks of summer
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
The season is winding down here in Yellowstone. Just three more weeks to go before I return to the real world.
My break from the aid world has been just what I needed. Currently I work as a cook in…
Who reads international aid and development blogs?
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
A number of bloggers I work closely with on Smart Aid issues have gotten together to create a joint survey of our readers: please take the survey here.
International aid and development blogs have expanded rapidly in the…
The Case of the Vanishing Orphanage
Monday, September 5th, 2011
This week’s guest post is written by Chris Horst. Chris serves as director of advancement for HOPE International, “a faith-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that alleviates the many dimensions of poverty through the provision of microenterprise development services—microloans, savings…
Guideline #1 for volunteering overseas
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
I’m on hiatus until early October. While I’m away, I’m reposting previous posts that I think my readers will enjoy. Here’s this week’s repost.
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While most development workers can tell stories of volunteers or volunteer projects that did
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