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How Leaders Use Four Workarounds To Tackle Complex Problems

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Those four workarounds are: The Piggyback : Capitalizing on pre-existing but seemingly unrelated systems or relationships. The organization I studied in Zambia worked around them by piggybacking on Coca-Cola’s distribution channels. The Loophole : Exploiting technicalities and ambiguities in what rules do and don’t say.

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How (RED) is Fighting AIDS and Saving Lives

Saleforce Nonprofit

At that time, (RED) spoke at length about investments in global health systems, the importance of antiretroviral drugs, and so on. This fund, which is backed by both governments and the private sector, is spearheading the digital solutions that are essential to combatting inequities and strengthening health systems. 20 cents per day.

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Announcing Our Second Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Supporting Small-Scale Farmers Globally

Saleforce Nonprofit

He has been on field missions to co-create solutions with governments and implementing partners in Zambia, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Nigeria, and Bangladesh. Eric manages the Food and Climate Justice Unit at Oxfam America, part of the Food Systems Unit. Dun-Ying Vicki Yu. Senior Consultant, Slalom. Eric Munoz.

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A software integration may be the solution you’ve been searching for

EveryAction

You probably have important information spread across several systems. About the author Anne Guillen, MPH, is a returned Peace Corps volunteer (RPCV) who served in Zambia and worked as a nonprofit impact director in East and West Africa for over five years. As nonprofit professionals, our work is already challenging enough.

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Joitske Hulsebosch: Blogs, NGOs, and Developing Countries

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

After studying irrigation and soil and water conservation, which pays attention to the interface between social systems and irrigation technology in developing countries, she worked for ten years in Africa. in Ghana here and a story about the use of a wiki in Zambia by my colleague Saskia here. t have a habit of reading on the web.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

Have Fun - Do Good

He ended up running for about 1,500 miles all the way to Zambia, arriving with nothing but the clothes on his back, about 90 pounds, and showing up at a refugee camp where he knew nobody. His idea is that he wants to recreate, in reverse, the walk that he made from Sudan all the way through Congo and into Zambia. He ran into Congo.

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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. But it’s not that easy. Cultural traditions are preventing them from using the same methods in nearby countries.

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