It is not local organizations that lack the capacity to work with USAID. Instead, it is USAID that lacks the capacity in its operating systems and organizational culture to work with local organizations.
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At the #COP27 climate summit in Egypt, #Bangladesh and four other countries received the Local Adaptation Champions Awards.
The #community of Rangamati Hill District worked to establish #solar-powered safe water supply facilities and the provision of safe drinking #water.
But what about the lithium??
Goldman projects Lithium production will outstrip demand by 2025 as new operations come online. Similar dynamics will unfold across the rapidly expanding EV and battery supply chains. The next few years will be VERY interesting...
"We collage ourselves into being, finding the pieces of a worldview and people to love and reasons to live and then integrate them into a whole, a life consistent with its beliefs and desires, at least if we're lucky."
–Rebecca Solnit
Most organizations do not promote a culture that allow these activities to be integrated into the work day. Go to the gym on your lunch. Sleep at home. Meditate on a break. Essentially do these things while we are not paying you.
How do we learn how to learn? Usually in school, combined with instructions from our parents, we cobble together an understanding that allows us to move forward through the school years until we matriculate into a job.
Then because most initial learning comes from doing, ...