Comments on: Philanthropy: Charity alone not the answer in tackling poverty http://zyozy.org/blog/2009/02/11/philanthropy-charity-alone-not-the-answer-in-tackling-poverty/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:18:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: SCOUT BANANA» Blog Archive » Ending Charity: alone, is not the answer http://zyozy.org/blog/2009/02/11/philanthropy-charity-alone-not-the-answer-in-tackling-poverty/comment-page-1/#comment-73 SCOUT BANANA» Blog Archive » Ending Charity: alone, is not the answer Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:26:45 +0000 http://zyozy.org/blog/?p=714#comment-73 [...] subject were spurred by zyOyz founder Steve Jennings’ repost of an article titled: “Charity alone not the answer to tackling poverty”. Well I agreed with the article’s basic premise that just giving money is not the only [...] [...] subject were spurred by zyOyz founder Steve Jennings’ repost of an article titled: “Charity alone not the answer to tackling poverty”. Well I agreed with the article’s basic premise that just giving money is not the only [...]

]]> By: zeezee http://zyozy.org/blog/2009/02/11/philanthropy-charity-alone-not-the-answer-in-tackling-poverty/comment-page-1/#comment-72 zeezee Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:49:11 +0000 http://zyozy.org/blog/?p=714#comment-72 "charity alone is not the answer in tackling poverty, nor is business. But great potential lies in the intersection of the two." ...and this is presented by the FT as *news* ? I mean I agree, but, well, duh. Many aid organisations have known for decades that focusing on market failures and closing gaps in value chains is a sound approach and lifts people out of poverty, as well as moving towards achieving profit-making outcomes. And yes, it takes human investment and not just throwing money at the problem. If the 1st world business community need to dress this up as their own shiny new initiative to get the plutocrats onboard, then so be it. “charity alone is not the answer in tackling poverty, nor is business. But great potential lies in the intersection of the two.”

…and this is presented by the FT as *news* ? I mean I agree, but, well, duh. Many aid organisations have known for decades that focusing on market failures and closing gaps in value chains is a sound approach and lifts people out of poverty, as well as moving towards achieving profit-making outcomes. And yes, it takes human investment and not just throwing money at the problem. If the 1st world business community need to dress this up as their own shiny new initiative to get the plutocrats onboard, then so be it.

]]> By: Rachael Rocamora http://zyozy.org/blog/2009/02/11/philanthropy-charity-alone-not-the-answer-in-tackling-poverty/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Rachael Rocamora Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:35:33 +0000 http://zyozy.org/blog/?p=714#comment-71 Hi, Maybe there's another answer all together -- a global grassroots approach. It seems to me that all the great leadership in business and academia is missing one key ingredient, which has to do with something Willis Harman said in Global Mind Change: ” Throughout history, the really fundamental changes in societies have come about not from dictates of governments and the results of battles but through vast numbers of people changing their minds — sometimes only a little bit. …[In the last analysis] … legitimacy comes from the perceptions of people. People give legitimacy and they can take it away. A challenge to legitimacy is probably the most powerful force for change to be found in history. To the empowering principle that the people can withhold legitimacy, and thus change the world, we now add another. By deliberately changing the internal image of reality, people can change the world.” I believe what’s missing is the wisdom and intentions from the grassroots of us across the globe. Go to this page, http://www.ahhh-thelight.com/prospectus.htm and see the synopsis PDF [see 3 Adobe Reader icons] at a screen or so up from the bottom of that page. I would love to know your thoughts! Best regards, Rachael Hi, Maybe there’s another answer all together — a global grassroots approach. It seems to me that all the great leadership in business and academia is missing one key ingredient, which has to do with something Willis Harman said in Global Mind Change:
” Throughout history, the really fundamental changes in societies have come about not from dictates of governments and the results of battles but through vast numbers of people changing their minds — sometimes only a little bit. …[In the last analysis] … legitimacy comes from the perceptions of people. People give legitimacy and they can take it away. A challenge to legitimacy is probably the most powerful force for change to be found in history. To the empowering principle that the people can withhold legitimacy, and thus change the world, we now add another. By deliberately changing the internal image of reality, people can change the world.”

I believe what’s missing is the wisdom and intentions from the grassroots of us across the globe. Go to this page,
http://www.ahhh-thelight.com/prospectus.htm
and see the synopsis PDF [see 3 Adobe Reader icons] at a screen or so up from the bottom of that page. I would love to know your thoughts!

Best regards,
Rachael

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