Types of Grants
When your organization is looking for a grant, you aren’t only looking for a funder who might be interested in funding your organization. You have to find a funder who will fund the types of grants that you are looking…
Urban Matters
Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich.
–(Plato 363 BCE [reprinted 2012])
We have traveled the world to have a great appreciation and understanding of sustainable architecture as well as urban planning. The world is moving at a fast pace of “global gentrification,” and their construction is more innovative and sustainable, some places more considerate of the environment than others. However, within the nonprofit sector operating in Haiti, there is a lack of common sense. Urban planning or sustainability does not seem to play a critical role. When nonprofits fundraise to construct homes, they fail to invest in sustainability. Yes, it is imperative to provide jobs to the locals; however, upon the arrival of the next natural disaster, they will return only to reconstruct the same homes. Would you rather build homes for one-hundred families or would you rather house twenty-five? Any individual would wish to provide homes to one-hundred families; however, if these homes are not being built to be sustainable, to be “livable,” then it is a waste of time and money.
Faith-Based Nonprofits Versus Haiti
Our mission is “to facilitate the intellectual, spiritual, and character development of Haitians who demonstrate leadership potential and to assist them in becoming self-supporting, responsible, community-minded members of their society.”
–Haiti Share Inc.
“We promote the gospel of Jesus by encouraging Haitian children and adults to work with their local church body to help provide for basic physical needs.”
–Hope for Haiti
Our vision aims to meet some of the Haitian people’s greatest needs:
Knowledge of the love and saving the grace of Jesus Christ
Christian discipleship and a Bible training facility; where Haitian pastors are trained to teach the Word of God through the method of inductive Bible studies in their own language.
–Housetop for Haiti
Four Things to Offer Than Solutions
Yes you could provide “solution” to this or that problem in the global South. But should that be your role? When building relationships and trust, what if instead you offered the space for four things to occur: You create the…
Three NGOs You Need To Know
Education Haiti We strive to provide talented Haitian students with mentorship in an effort to open doors to greater and better higher education opportunities. To forge the next generation of young leaders in Haiti. Our various programs help students expand…
Bilateral Versus Multilateral Funds
The terms bilateral and multilateral are technically used to distinguish flows of Official Development Assistance (ODA). The OECD defines bilateral transactions as those undertaken by a donor country directly with a developing country. They also include transactions with NGOs active…
Types of Nonprofit Acronyms
Acronyms for NGO Pretenders BRINGO (Briefcase NGO) An NGO which is more than a briefcase carrying a well written proposal. ComeN’GO (Come and go NGO) An NGO that appears spasmodically; only used the owners when the NGO pasture looks greener.…
Dancing Around Government Corruption Will Not Fix The Problems
When it comes to Haiti, we all need to change our mindset. Corruption is not Haiti’s only problem; however, government corruption should be acknowledged and be tackled. Modified on September 14, 1989, a time when Haiti was under the Human…
Solidarity Is An Unlikely Attitude
Being known as the Republic of NGOs, we can conclude that the government is not doing a great job in many sectors which creates the inflow of new nonprofits produced every year. For NGOs whose services are similar to what…
Five Sets of Questions Nonprofits Should Ask Before Apply for a Grant
Before apply for a Grant, nonprofits needs to ask themselves simple questions and of course, how can they improve on the questions they can’t answer Organizational leadership should start by answering these five sets of questions: 1. Are the organization’s…