New Orleans I spend a lot of time (sweat and work, too!) thinking about how to build more sustainable organizations that are less donor driven especially to support international organizing, but indeed it’s a universal problem. Today’s Wall Street Journal has an article, “Mergers, Closings Plague Charities” by Shelly Banjo and S. Mitra Kalita …
Category: Community Organizations International
Tegucigalpa and Politicos
Tegucigalpa On Sunday morning I had awaken again on the COMUCAP mountain properties in one of their cabanas. After dawn I had walked down along the gladiola lined pathway to see not only the aloe vera fields but also the truck garden of sorts at the base with its radishes, squash, and whatever. It was …
Marketing a Coffee and Aloe for Women’s Coop
Marcala There’s something incongruous about writing this on a small netbook computer at the top of the mountain again with the wind roaring outside bringing a real chill despite the summer all around the valley and hillsides, and doing so by candlelight as I await daybreak in the predawn. Coming off the mountain yesterday, the …