by Brinley Parkinson | Aug 25, 2025 | Recent News
The most crucial principle in humanitarian work is community empowerment. It isn’t what a community can do WITH you there—it’s what they can do AFTER you’ve left. True success? Being able to fade out without people even noticing. If you hear...
by Brinley Parkinson | Aug 18, 2025 | Recent News
Community-centric projects are the projects that stick. Coming in with an outside notion of what needs to be done will only get results while the outside organization is present. No one knows the needs of a community better than its own members. “In community...
by Brinley Parkinson | Aug 13, 2025 | Recent News
What if our best intentions were doing more harm than good? In this compelling and unflinchingly honest conversation, global humanitarian consultant Jen Brewer, Vice President at Care for Life, challenges the deeply ingrained dynamics behind the so-called “hero...
by Brinley Parkinson | Aug 11, 2025 | Recent News
“Poverty programs that are comprehensive and simultaneously address multiple factors are more likely to promote long-term stability for individuals and families.” – IACD, 2016 Here’s the reality: Poverty isn’t caused by just one thing. It...
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