Tag: community development

Sharing Loss

August 10, 2015

Today’s post is written by a CAMA worker in the Middle East. “Does anyone else want to share something before class ends?” I asked one last time, knowing we were running late and the next teacher was waiting outside the door. During our final group counseling session of the semester at our church’s school for […]

A Sense of Ownership

July 20, 2015

Today’s post is written by Mike Sohm. Without ownership on the part of local participants, projects are very likely to fail. Thus, one of CAMA’s core values is local collaboration—which includes local ownership. Ownership, in this case, is similar to buy in. It reflects participation in the decision making process and a commitment to support carrying out that decision. It is […]

A Testimony from Hands of Honor

June 1, 2015

In West Africa, hard manual labor is a part of daily life. Few homes have running water or electricity. Food is cooked over a fire and clothes are washed by hand. Most people hire a domestic worker, often a young girl from a remote village. These girls come from families who live in extreme poverty and […]

AIDS and Home Health Training in Papua

March 23, 2015

Today’s post is written by Myrna Maxey, a CAMA worker in Papua, Indonesia. I received a test from my friend Fitri that read, “I want to talk with you about the mobile phone we received for AIDS information. Now already there are more and more people phoning.” Fitri and her friend Hana received HIV/AIDS training and […]

Leading while in the Muddled Middle: Lessons from International Development Leadership

January 5, 2015

Written by Matthew Will. This post was originally found on LinkedIn and is reposted with the author’s permission. International development leadership is a mix of creating movements, managing people and budgets, and casting a constant vision of what a new reality could be. It is a world of emergence. The development leader is in what Michael […]