Involving local people from the start is essential to ensure the work of international NGOs keeps going when funding dries upMalawi has almost 500 NGOs,most of which are funded by international donors. But many NGOs don’t work closely with local communities, so when they leave, or projects collapse.
After working in the Mulanje district for 15 years,World Vision stopped facilitating a project that if vulnerable children with school materials and basic healthcare, and the local community with low-cost maize. The people entrusted with maintaining the project failed to pay the rent and the landlord evicted them. Now only an empty building signifies the project ever existed. World Vision relocated to another area of the country. Related: Feeling frustrated by your job in development? Become an extrapreneur Related: Sports for development: more than just fun and games? Related: Rural Indians need more than jobs to produce it in the tremendous city Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com