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• Not in your own school• Not in your own community,
esp. if rich
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Donor Driven?
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Blind Obedience?
To Whom?
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Donor’s View: “Gotcha!”1. Implementing partners are
problematic2. Put partners on notice: policing3. Foreign country director or evaluator:
interviews & quantitative data 4. Time to “bring down the hammer” &
“whip the partners into shape”5. Pre-conceived expectations &
scathing & strongly worded criticism
Source: Jennifer Lentfer. how-matters.org.
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Who Are the Experts?
1. Foreign funders?2. Implementers?3. Local community? © 2012 Rey Ty
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Need An Honest Conversation about…
1.Aid2.Corruption3.Colonialism4.Neo-
colonialismSource: Jennifer Lentfer.
how-matters.org.
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Service Providers-Driven?
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Who Benefits?• Does the project
make you happy & proud?
• Or does the project respond to community needs & problems?
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Who Benefits?• Funder?• Implementer?
• Community or Partners?
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Community Involvement in Planning?
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Community involvement in implementation?
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Age Minors must have parental or guardian’s consent & work with adult leaders.
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Urban Bias?
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What about rural areas?
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Did you include
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Ordinary folks?
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Consult communities?
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Vertical Relationships with1.Donors?
2.NGOs?
3.Communities?
4.Social movements?
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Agenda
1. Self-governance?
2. Dialogue with people in the community?
3. Justice? © 2012 Rey Ty
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Your Focus?:Absence of
war or physical
violence= Peace?
Work for Negative
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Injustice (including Poverty) = Structural Violence
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Your Focus?:
Work for Positive Peace
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Identity Politics = Symbolic
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Your Focus?:
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Dialogue for What?1. Truth?
2. Forgiveness?
3. Amnesty?
4. Justice?
5. Friendship?
6. Reconciliation?
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Reconcile with whom?1. Ethnic
groups?2. Torturer?3. Corrupt
officials?4. Killers?5. Police?6. Military?
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Legitimacy Deficit?© 2012 Rey Ty
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Speak truth to power
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Charity:Enough?
That’s all?
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Community Empowerment
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What about the environment?
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Linkages
1. Civil Society (Community, NGOs, social movements, academics)
2. State (enlightened public officials)3. Humanitarian organizations4. Rebels © 2012 Rey Ty
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Capacity Building?
•Unleash it!
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Source: Jennifer Lentfer. how-matters.org.
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Humility
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Build strong relationships w/ grassroots organizations
• 1. Listen actively & openly.• 2. Put local ownership first.• 3. Bring honesty,
trustworthiness, integrity... and doubt!• 4. Assume the best first. • 5. Be curious.
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Build strong relationships w/ grassroots organizations
• 6. Practice self-reflection first.• 7. Make time your friend.• 8. See organizations as living
systems.• 9. Expect and use language and
culture differences.• 10. Encourage, encourage,
encourage!
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Build strong relationships w/ grassroots organizations
Source: Jennifer Lentfer’s Re-posting this series from the early days of how-matters.org. Adapted from: The Barefoot Collective. (2009). The Barefoot Guide to Working with Organizations and Social Change. Cape Town: Community Development Resource Association. www.barefootguide.org
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Thanks!
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Thank You!
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Critical Reflection
1. What is your critique?
2. What are your recommenda-tions?
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Critical Reflection1. What is your critique?
2. What are your recommendations?
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