On October 22 at 4 pm, the Hauser Center for Nonprofits Organizations and Harvard Book Store will host a conversation between two influential voices making the case (from two very different perspectives) that taking concrete action …

By Sherine Jayawickrama
When Anne Lynam Goddard started as CEO of the Christian Children’s Fund (now called ChildFund International) in January 2007, she was given two charges: to develop a new strategy and to change the …

By Sherine Jayawickrama
The swarm of advocates and activists around meetings of the G-20 and G-8 have now become the norm.  As I follow the engagement of NGOs in Pittsburgh this week, however, I am struck …

By Lauren Murphy
My time spent at BRAC in Dhaka, Bangladesh, reframed my perspective on a surprising number of development and humanitarian issues. After experiencing life in both the city and rural areas of Bangladesh, I …

At the end of August, Neil McCullagh sat down with Ruth Allen, Mercy Corps’ Global Advisor for Community Mobilization, Governance and Partnerships, to discuss the release of Mercy Corps’ Guide to Community Mobilization Programming.  This …

Anne Lynam Goddard, President and CEO of ChildFund International, will speak at Weil Town Hall (Belfer Hall, Harvard Kennedy School) on Friday, September 25 at 11.30 am about the experience of steering an international NGO …