Tag: community development
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 […]
Continue ReadingAIDS 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 […]
Continue ReadingLeading 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 […]
Continue ReadingCounseling Refugee Children
October 6, 2014
“What are some feelings that a boy or girl your age might have?” My question is met with blank stares from twenty six- to eight-year-old first graders at the church’s small school for Syrian refugee children. This is our fourth group counseling session since I began volunteering at the school. I ask the question again in another way. […]
Continue ReadingCompassion
August 25, 2014
Today’s post is written by Mike Sohm. When “compassion” is part of your name and identity, it speaks to what drives and motivates you as an organization. Compassion is not something you can fake or sustain long term on your own. It is revealed in response to something external to ourselves, and it often results in […]
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