Dear Colleagues:
I'd like to add a small contribution to this discussion re: bringing
together international funding sources outside the formal ODA mechanisms
with local community development efforts.
One of the emerging areas that holds a potential contribution to funding
of more local
Dear GKD Members,
I'm not sure that Janice Brodman's story about isolated NGOs in
Bosnia-Herzegovina trying to find private donors is much different from
small non profits in rich countries trying to find private donors. I'm
sure there are advantages to being in the US, but small charities still
Dear GKD Members:
I share Janice Brodman's feelings about the fact that good NGOs in
developing countries do not have a presence, and have little voice, when
it comes to dealing with donors, and development issues, as monopolized
by the 'North'.
For example, too much of the dialogue in the North
Dear GKD Colleagues:
You guys are great. Churning over your ideas, input and experience has
given me so much to contemplate I wish we could have an e-conference in
real time; this might prove quite transformative.
Tom Abeles, I loved your succint analysis of the issues. What field are
you
Dear Colleagues,
As a former US Peace Corps volunteer and co-founder of a volunteer
clearinghouse in Sri Lanka, I would like to address Tom Abeles' comments
on the role of volunteers. In the aftermath of the tsunami there have
been hundreds of people from around the world that have volunteered
