4 results for month: 04/2015
ENVISIONING ALTERNATIVE FUTURES
"The future of countries, organizations, and individuals will not happen in a “vacuum”—that is, their futures will not be determined solely by a narrow set of parameters isolated from developments in the larger world around them. Nor will their destinies be simply of their own making or a result of navigating their immediate economic, political, or social ecosystem."
EDUCATIONAL RELIEF IN THE SYRIAN CONFLICT ZONE
"By now we are all too familiar with the nightmarish figures: 3.9 million displaced Syrians, with thousands more fleeing every day, are in exile in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt, where they see no prospects for returning home in the near future; have few opportunities to restart their lives; and in many cases, struggle to survive."
VOLUNTOURISM: THE NGO PERSPECTIVE
"In the end, there is a lot more all of us can do in the development sector to be more accountable, more informed, and more nuanced. Volunteers need to be more critical of organizations, and to fundamentally alter their discourse and attitudes about volunteering abroad."
ENDOWMENT MANAGEMENT: WHAT YOU’RE EXPECTED TO KNOW
"Forming an effective investment committee, however, is just one piece of the endowment management puzzle. Using the considerable experience of our principles—who have spent time on both sides of the committee table—PASS will construct a process for search, due diligence, selection, negotiation, and ongoing monitoring of your institution’s endowment management committee."
