Track Changes: “New Yorker Redesigns Her Life to Help Kids in Ghana”
By: Edwin Adjei
When I first saw the title of this recent article by the American National Public Radio (NPR), I assumed the “New Yorker” who was being featured was […]
NGOs
Book Review: NGOs and Social Justice in South Africa and Beyond
By Nozipho Dlodlo, PhD Candidate, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Introduction
The book ‘NGOs and Social Justice in South Africa and Beyond: Thinking Africa Series’ (UKZN Press 2017) edited by Sally Matthews, emerged […]
In the News: Outcomes of the World Humanitarian Summit
In April, we posted news about Degan Ali’s (of the Somali organization Adeso) call for a revolution in the role of Southern NGOs in the humanitarian aid world. […]
In the News: “If you want us to come, you have to pay us”
Following on our piece last week regarding new restrictions in Kenya on NGOs, we applaud the residents of Kibera for their entrepreneurship in developing new, mutually productive relationships with […]
The Pretence of Neutrality: Religion and the Implementation of Programmes on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
by Brenda Bartelink
In the past decade sexuality has become a centre of contestation and cultural encounter between African and “Western” actors in African societies. Initially tied to contestations over the […]
International Aid: Western Paternalism or a Moral Imperative?
Dear Readers: While we at the CIHA blog tend to be critical of aspects of humanitarianism and aid in Africa we also recognize its endurance as well as the goodwill […]