How to Deal with the US Aid Freeze – We Have to Become the Heroes That We Need.

By |2025-04-02T12:44:02+02:001 April 2025|Insights, MzN International, News, NGOs|

Explore how entrepreneurs are reshaping social impact in development work. This article dives into trends like impact investing, tech-driven solutions, and the challenges faced by grassroots organizations. Understand the shift towards measurable impact and scalability, and its implications for diverse social change strategies.

Humanitarian Narratives – “Patterns and divergences in the narrative landscape”

By |2024-07-29T11:30:42+02:0029 July 2024|Insights, Podcast|

In a recent podcast, Zainab Moallin, Research Officer at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), and Hande Akpınar explored the complex world of humanitarian narratives. Their discussion, "Patterns and Divergences in the Narrative Landscape," examined how stories and frames influence beliefs, attitudes, and decisions in humanitarian contexts.

What it Takes to Localise an INGO

By |2024-05-26T18:54:10+02:0021 May 2024|Insights|

It's widely agreed that development and aid are most effective when localised. While donors are pushing for it, with USAID aiming to have 25% of its programs localised by 2030, and NGOs discussing the decolonisation of aid and "shifting the power", most action has focused on moving programme design to the Global South. But what is often forgotten is a question closer to home: “Is our INGO actually structured for localisation?”

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