Disrupt Development

The Change the Game Academy and Disrupt Development present you with stories of the brave who dare to change the game of funding development. In this brand-new Daring to Change the Game podcast series, you’ll hear the experiences from changemakers and donors from Kenya, Nepal and Brazil, where organisations are finding creative and entrepreneurial ways to source their funding locally and transcend the toxic dependency on western donors. In this episode, Mrs Urmila Shreshta talks about her ventures of funding women locally in Nepal.

This three-part podcast series is a stepping stone towards an event where we shall dive deeper into the topic and unpack the highs, lows, and lessons from the practice of domestic resource mobilisation as a vehicle for sustainable development. Join us on 29th September, 3-4.30 PM CEST.  Register here if you wish to be part of the change: https://www.changethegameacademy.org/

Mrs Urmila Shreshta is a women’s rights activist and ED of TEWA, the only women’s fund in Nepal. TEWA capitalizes on the giving culture in Nepal to fundraise domestic resources and support different women's groups through small grants. Hear her story of how she manages to create sustainable impact in different communities, through creative entrepreneurial projects that generate income locally.

Music credit: Warped Mind on Hooksounds

The Change the Game Academy and Disrupt Development present you with stories of the brave who dare to change the game of funding development. In this brand-new Daring to Change the Game podcast series, you’ll hear the experiences from changemakers and donors from Kenya, Nepal and Brazil, where organisations are finding creative and entrepreneurial ways to source their funding locally and transcend the toxic dependency on western donors. In this episode, Claudia Fix dives into a new model of consultancy for local fundraising in Latin America.

This three-part podcast series is a stepping stone towards an event where we shall dive deeper into the topic and unpack the highs, lows, and lessons from the practice of domestic resource mobilisation as a vehicle for sustainable development. Join us on 29th September, 3-4.30 PM CEST.  Register here if you wish to be part of the change: https://www.changethegameacademy.org/

Claudia Fix has been working in international cooperation and development since 2002 both in Germany and Latin America. She is currently coordinating fundraising consultancy support in Latin America for Misereor. Hear her story on how she has pioneered new ways of fundraising and designed and implemented a successful model of consultancy for local organisations within the INGO she works for. Together with the Change the Game Academy she is now on a mission to extend local resource mobilisation models to other grassroots organisations, so they can become less dependent on international donors and thus more sustainable.  

Music credit: Warped Mind on Hooksounds

The Change the Game Academy and Disrupt Development present you with stories of the brave who dare to change the game of funding development. In this brand-new Daring to Change the Game podcast series, you’ll hear the experiences from changemakers and donors from Kenya, Nepal and Brazil, where organisations are finding creative and entrepreneurial ways to source their funding locally and transcend the toxic dependency on western donors. In this episode, Pastor and doctor Teresia Mwangi talks about how she helps to locally empower women in Kenya.

This three-part podcast series is a stepping stone towards an event where we shall dive deeper into the topic and unpack the highs, lows, and lessons from the practice of domestic resource mobilisation as a vehicle for sustainable development. Join us on 29th September, 3-4.30 PM CEST.  Register here if you wish to be part of the change: https://www.changethegameacademy.org/

Pastor and doctor Teresia Mwangi is the CEO of Baraka Women’s Centre, focused on local women empowerment in Kenya. When her organisation’s international donors withdrew in 2015, she had to pivot her fundraising strategy and tap into domestic resource mobilisation. Hear her story on how she has learned to build local partnerships and managed to sustain her organisation and its impact on the community.

Music credit: Warped Mind on Hooksounds

Integriteit speelt een grote rol in het vertrouwen wat mensen hebben in organisaties. Daarom is integriteit een belangrijk onderwerp, juist ook voor non-profit organisaties. Op een goede manier omgaan met morele en ethische conflicten, en het adequaat handelen bij integriteitsschendingen, is soms makkelijker gezegd dan gedaan. Naast regels, beleid en gedragscodes speelt ook organisatiecultuur een essentiële rol. Maar hoe ontwikkel je een gezonde integriteitscultuur in een organisatie? En hoe maak je het makkelijker om schendingen te melden en ook naar buiten toe te rapporteren?

In deze podcast aflevering, gaan we opzoek naar antwoorden met niemand minder dan Muel Kaptein, een ware expert op het gebied van integriteit en bedrijfsethiek. Muel Kaptein is sinds 1991 organisatieadviseur bedrijfsethiek en integriteit bij KPMG. Daarnaast is hij ook hoogleraar aan de Erasmus Universiteit op het gebied van bedrijfsethiek en integriteitsmanagement.

Kijk ook eens naar deze presentatie van Muel Kaptein over integriteit.

Over Partos
Partos is de branchevereniging voor ontwikkelingssamenwerking en verenigt meer dan 100 Nederlandse ontwikkelingsorganisaties. Partos ondersteunt haar leden bij het inrichten en versterken van integere organisaties. Voor meer, ga naar www.partos.nl

Over Disrupt Development
Deze podcast wordt geproduceerd door Disrupt Development, platform voor innovatie en systeemverandering in de ontwikkelingssamenwerking. Voor meer, ga naar www.disruptdevelopment.org

Music credits: Lo-Fi Beat op Hooksounds.com

Despite various strides made by the global development sector in reforming its communication, humanitarian campaigns still (too) often contain racial stereotypes, dehumanizing images and colonial narratives. In our Beyond Poverty Porn series, which we make together with Emiel Martens and Wouter Oomen from the Expertise Centre Humanitarian Communication (HuCom), we open up the conversation about ethical, respectful, and inclusive communication in and on global development.

In short episodes of about 15 minutes each, Martens and Oomen will take a critical look at trending genres within the field of humanitarian communication. Following their critique on celebrity humanitarianism in the previous storycast, in this episode they zoom in on the popular genre of the individual changemaker. While they see the value of the shift in agency that changemaker stories seem to represent, they do find several issues with the 'individual solutions to structural problems' habit of these campaigns.

What can Global North NGOs learn from Global South feminists? In this storycast, Barbara van Paassen shares ideas for addressing the imbalances and challenges global civil society is facing. She sees a particular responsibility for Global North NGOs to critically reflect and build capacities for power analysis, true solidarity, and putting people and care at the centre. Barbara builds on her own experience in civil society advocacy and campaigning and her work supporting changemakers for social justice. Tune in!

About Barbara van Paassen: Barbara is an independent consultant who builds on experience in policy making, research, advocacy and campaigning for social and environmental justice. She works with committed changemakers and organisations that want to make an even bigger impact by strengthening the evidence-base, strategy, or outreach of their work. Besides that, Barbara hosts and developed the People vs Inequality podcast and other spaces for reflection on how to shift power for systems change, learning from the work of feminist movements across the globe. Check it out on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you might be catching your podcasts): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/people-vs-inequality-podcast/id1588086614

Learn more about Ringo: https://rightscolab.org/ringo/
Learn more about Disrupt Development: https://www.disruptdevelopment.org/

In this AMID StoryCast series, students Delna and Salma dive into the role of religion in international development. They will talk about the history of religion in development and faith-driven initiatives. In this episode, they will narrow down the discussion by looking through the lens of power -namely, the power religion has to foster or hinder international development. Dive in!

Bios of the speakers:

Delna Abraham is a young professional working on linking research, policy, and practice in the field of global development and social justice through research communication, uptake, and social impact assessment. Skilled in Project Management, Baseline Research and Evaluation and with a background in Journalism, she also has experience reporting on national policy, migration, communal violence, gender, education, and health in India and the Middle East.

Salma Peter Tambwe is building a career in Capacity Strengthening in agricultural value chains, research, and education at iCRA. Studied International economics and development, consultancy, and entrepreneurship, her professional background is in project coordination and management, entrepreneurship in East and Central Africa, business plan development for micro farmers and enterprises. She believes in allowing people to own their growth and development and channels that into training and capacity building.

Despite various strides made by the global development sector in reforming its communication, humanitarian campaigns still (too) often contain racial stereotypes, dehumanizing images, and colonial narratives. In our Beyond Poverty Porn series, which we make together with Emiel Martens and Wouter Oomen from the Expertise Centre Humanitarian Communication (HuCom), we open up the conversation about ethical, respectful, and inclusive communication in and on global development. 

In short episodes of about 15 minutes each, Martens and Oomen will take a critical look at trending genres within the field of humanitarian communication. Following their general critique on the 'new' approach of hope-based communications in the previous storycast, they now zoom in on the challenges of celebrity humanitarianism - i.e. celebrity involvement in humanitarian issues and the media coverage that this creates. They do so by first discussing the colonial tradition of white saviorism and then by approaching the celebrity humanitarian as a white savior who unavoidably but problematically takes center stage in stories of the suffering of global Others.


Music credit: Shapes in the Clouds on Hooksounds

The world has changed since INGOs became prominent actors on the global stage. The current model for INGOs seems no longer fit for purpose. The Ringo Social Lab - Re-imagining the International NGO - brings together a group of influencers, thinkers, leaders, and disruptors from across civil society around the world in the quest to re-imagine the role of INGOs and global civil society. In this series, we explore the future of global civil society through the lens of the Ringo social lab.

In this episode, Keith Slack -Director of Strategy and Campaigns at EarthRights International-, will be sharing his perspective on the international development field through the lens of human rights and environmental issues. Keith coins the term 'foreign aid industrial complex' to raise the critical question of whether or not development professionals are trying to work themselves out of a job. He poses the challenging question: are we willing to fundamentally challenge the powers that be, to produce meaningful change that is uncomfortable and possibly threatening to some people? 

About Keith Slack: Keith is EarthRights International’s Director of Strategy and Campaigns. Prior to joining EarthRights in May 2018, Keith spent nearly two decades building and directing Oxfam America’s Extractive Industries Global Program. In that role, he led campaigns and advocacy to promote greater transparency and respect for the human rights of affected communities.

Interested to learn more about Ringo: https://rightscolab.org/ringo/
Interested to learn more about Disrupt Development: https://www.disruptdevelopment.org/

In 2021 development and humanitarian campaigns still show harmful stereotypes, negative framing and traces of white saviorism. Yet we also see alternative frames in communication that question the status quo.

In this Beyond Poverty Porn series, we open up the conversation about ethical, respectful, and inclusive communication in global development,  together with the Expertise Centre Humanitarian Communication. In this and upcoming episodes,  Emiel Martens and Wouter Oomen will take a critical dive into trending genres and topics within the field of communications.

In this episode, they dive into hope-based communications and provide some strong critiques of this currently very trendy approach of communicating in international development.


Music credit: Shapes in the Clouds on Hooksounds