A compilation of articles about the Clinton Global Initiative and UN Week

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010

New York City is packed with people attending both the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) and UN Week where the focus is the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). The following is a compilation of articles written about these meetings. This post will…

How to determine if an aid project is a good idea

Monday, May 17th, 2010

I’m still in Haiti so have not written any new posts, this post is a favorite that readers may have missed when it was originally posted.

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Most of us have heard of bad aid projects, but few of us…

Why do Aid Bloggers get Snarky

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

I will admit to having an occasional snarky post and a few uber-snarky tweets that I usually end up regretting and deleting later (unfortunately now they’re immortalized in the Library of Congress). Yet in real life I’m not a particularly…

What aid workers think of the 1 Million Shirts campaign

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

Within the past few days there has been a torrent of blog posts and tweets about yet another organization shipping donated goods overseas. Donated goods are, in general, bad aid. I’ve written numerous posts on the problems with…

CDC Cautions Volunteers to Haiti

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

While researching which immunizations I might need before I head to Haiti for an upcoming consultancy, I was surprised to find the Center for Disease Control cautioning people against going to Haiti to volunteer. Here is what they…

Good Intentions 1 Year Blogiversary!

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

One year ago yesterday I wrote my first blog post. I never intended to become a blogger and rarely spent any time in the blogosphere let alone on twitter. I wouldn’t be writing this post today if it weren’t for…

Another Questionable Awareness Raising Campaign

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

April is Multiple Birth Awareness month. I question the usefulness of this particular awareness raising campaign. After all, people are already aware of multiple births. I challenge you to find anyone that has never heard of twins or triplets before…

Making Merit

Friday, March 26th, 2010

The story of the twin temples

When I was in the Peace Corps I was struck by the twin temples that sat next to each other on the bank of the river. They appeared to be the exact same size…

Land: How land ownership issues affect aid

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

I saw the impact of land ownership issues first hand in Thailand and have wanted to write about it. This crosspost from Tales from the Hood explains the problem better than I could have. Thanks J.…

Enough with the shoe donations

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Every time I turn around another movie star or charitable event is collecting shoes to send to disaster zones or developing countries. Just today I was reading a frivolous article about Oscar gift bags (and no I don’t…