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Expo Community Development Panel

Kyle Adams
72 Posts
0 Votes 0 Replies 272 Views
Posted 1 year, 4 months ago
Hi everyone- Some of you have asked for Chris Ampadu's presentation on worldview from the 2010 Starfish Community Expo. It is attached to this post. If you have questions or comments about the material, post them here. thanks!

Transforming the Way People Think About Aid

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Debbie Rankin
26 Posts
1 Vote 0 Replies 198 Views
Posted 2 years ago
Tim Cross provides some excellent commentary on the history of international aid. In the attached video, he briefly shares the importance of transforming the way people think about disaster relief to enable change and bring communities together.

Community Restoration

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Debbie Rankin
26 Posts
1 Vote 0 Replies 290 Views
Posted 2 years ago
In the interview below, Jim Yost talks about his experience with adopting a community outside of Padang after the earthquakes that took place in Indonesia during the fall of 2009. His goal was to not just go in and help as many people as he could, but to see a

Best Practices: Agriculture Breakout Session

David Chung
8 Posts
3 Votes 3 Replies 310 Views
Posted 2 years, 3 months ago, updated 2 years, 2 months ago
The agriculture breakout session had a great discussion on some of the main issues facing the agriculture sector in developing nations. The following is a summary of the discussion and anyone is invited to add to the discussion or ask questions. List of Ag Resources ECHO echonet.org - Provides training ...

Opportunities in Southeast Asia

Blake H
1 Post
2 Votes 1 Reply 338 Views
Posted 2 years, 3 months ago, updated 2 years, 3 months ago
Indonesia Prostitution restoration- $500 to pay off debt of prostitute; skill training for women coming out of prostitution ($1500 for setting up cottage industry) Vision Centers- set up a internet cafe which provides computer training, English classes, home school co-op, etc. Cost $8,000 Papua- Arts and Sports. Raise up ...

Cross-polination of sectors is very valuable

Charlene Jennings
3 Posts
0 Votes 0 Replies 190 Views
Posted 2 years, 3 months ago
This week has been an opportunity to bring training amongst various sectors within the private sector. This has proven very valuable and created options to benefit from one another as ideas are exchanged in both IDR and Community Development training.

Training/Disaster Response & Community Development

Charlene Jennings
3 Posts
0 Votes 3 Replies 233 Views
Posted 2 years, 4 months ago, updated 2 years, 3 months ago
For your training needs in the area of disaster response or community development, please contact me.

Final LIVE Broadcasting Tests Completed!

Matt Wallace
76 Posts
0 Votes 1 Reply 213 Views
Posted 2 years, 3 months ago, updated 2 years, 3 months ago
During the Starfish EXPO, we are hopeful that we can broadcast much of the meeting - especially the presentation portions of the EXPO. Here's the direct link... http://www.starfishcommunity.net/pages/expo-live/ This evening, we were able to test various configurations, trying to set levels and make the signals ...

Development not Job Placement

Kyle Adams
72 Posts
2 Votes 5 Replies 226 Views
Posted 2 years, 5 months ago, updated 2 years, 3 months ago
I had a conversation this morning with someone who emphasized that HISG's purpose is not to find jobs for people in poor communities, but to help people create sustainable businesses that will help the whole community.

Ways in which Ag can transition communities

Tom Jennings
8 Posts
2 Votes 0 Replies 224 Views
Posted 2 years, 5 months ago, updated 2 years, 5 months ago
I would be interested to dialog with those who are interested in finding and promoting holistic approaches that empower local communities to be self-sustaining and, thereby, enable transitions across entire communities on multiple levels.