TRADE-OFFS IN AID AND DEVELOPMENT WORK

Darnifawan, Pamelula Akun, Jerome Kanyog, Monica Curca

“We only came here because of you (Betty Bigombe) if this were a meeting with the NGO’s we wouldn’t have come,

in the past they have taken advantage of us and this upsets us very much” -  IDP in Northern Uganda

Final presentation May 7th 2010

Trade-Offs: the inevitables

The Myth of Neutrality – Monica Curca

Peace/Justice Dichotomies – Jerome Kanyog

Buying Buy-in and other peccadillos in NGO work – Pamela Akun

The Dark Side of Microfinance – Darnifawan

The Myth Of Neutrality

The Myth of Neutrality: What and Why recent proliferation and type of conflict belligerents involved in humanitarianism increased civil-military relations and blurring

of lines increased funding from government sources

(Andrew Natsios speech at Inter-Action)

The Myth of Neutrality: Nature vs. Nurture

Peace/ Justice Dichotomies

Peace/Justice Dichotomies: Case Studies

Buying Buy-in and other peccadillos in NGO work

Buying Buy-in and other peccadillos in NGO work - DNH

The Dark Side of Microfinance

The Dark Side of Microfinance - DNH

DNH: Connectors:

the need of fund to empower the poorneeds of peaceful circumstance to run economy

Dividers:Conflict of interest among parties

Lacking of peace and instabilitiesGovernment

Peace Activist Suggestions for doing Harm in order to reach

DNH

Trade-offs: the inevitables

DO NO HARM

Monitor: is intervention causing more harm

Take Responsibility: sensitivity to culture and context

Take Action: behavior change