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How can nonprofits build public trust through accountability to beneficiaries?

ASU Lodestar Center

Many in the sector may agree with the concept of downward accountability but struggle to effectively put it into practice. Without addressing unequal power relations, participation won’t lead to effective downward accountability. Beneficiaries have rated organizational effectiveness lower than the staff, managers, or board members.

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New data for strategic disaster philanthropy 

Candid

Our collective attention has been almost singularly focused on the pandemic and its global effects. Cyclone Idai struck Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, causing widespread flood destruction. The COVID-19 pandemic has filled our newsfeeds, our schools, our politics, and our living rooms for two years.

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Rapidly Rehousing: A Nonprofit’s Use of Modular Homes

NonProfit Hub

Rapidly Rehousing: A Nonprofit’s Use of Modular Homes When Cyclone Gombe devastated Malawi, it left many families displaced without housing. Through an innovative partnership with Nostos Homes, Habitat built a modular community in rural Malawi in just a week. Traditional rebuilding takes years, leaving victims vulnerable.

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Making Stories Work for Your Org: What the Data Says

NTEN

In "The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty" , Princeton University professor Peter Singer famously highlights one study in which individuals who were shown a picture of a girl named Rokia and told her story were willing to give far more than when asked to help three million hungry children in Malawi. Fund for UNICEF.

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Vote Now: Ten Sessions We Want to See at NTC

Care2

How do you inspire and empower your community to effectively raise funds for your cause? This session will engage participants in analyzing in-depth case studies from Mercy Corps, Oceana and Amnesty International Canada that uncover the key channel integration strategies that are working for nonprofits, and why. Not so much.

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