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Visit Zambia with LearnAsOne!

Amy Sample Ward

Steve Heyes, a colleague and founder of LearnAsOne , has just embarked on a great journey to Zambia and you’re invited! are headed to Zambia to document a community who doesn’t have a school, in as close to real-time as possible. Email the Zambia LearnAsOne team. Follow along and connect with the community!

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How Leaders Use Four Workarounds To Tackle Complex Problems

Eric Jacobsen Blog

“Workarounds are effective, versatile, and accessible methods for tackling complex problems,” shares the author of the new book, The Four Workarounds. A method that ignores or even challenges conventions on how, and by whom a problem is meant to be solved.” They are a creative, flexible, imperfection-loving, problem-solving approach.

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Joitske Hulsebosch: Blogs, NGOs, and Developing Countries

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" Later, her work brought her to Mali, where she advised on participatory methods. in Ghana here and a story about the use of a wiki in Zambia by my colleague Saskia here. She notes, "I started in Kenya working with a water users association, living in a thatched hut!" t have a habit of reading on the web.

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All Facets of the Impact Investing Field at SOCAP16

Connection Cafe

Our friend at Hewlett Foundation ( @Hewlett_Found ), Margot Fahnestock, pointed out the cultural difficulties with setting up an effective women’s reproductive health system in Zambia. Cultural traditions are preventing them from using the same methods in nearby countries.

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