Less than 2% of humanitarian aid goes directly to local NGOs,but Jennifer Lentfer argues that grassroots groups are best placed to help those in needA cohort of small villages comes together to lobby for protection of a local forest upon which they depend. A group of church women gather under a tree to intention for how they will gather orphaned children back into school. A self-help group forms a cooperative to gather better prices for their products.
Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah’s discussion of why donors seem unable or unwilling to directly fund local organisations like these was certainly indicative of the international aid and philanthropy world. As he also mentioned, there is a growing community of international small grantmakers that know how to find and fund effective grassroots initiatives.Aid agencies continue to struggle to make such concepts as 'community participation' and 'local empowerment' a reality Related: Less than 2% of humanitarian funds 'disappear directly to local NGOs' Related: Five reasons donors give for not funding local NGOs directly Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com