hand. and by resources i mean military resources that are unified in terms of a national government. there are a lot of gangs. there are police on the ground. but i would define resources, to answer your question, as also human resources. there are civil society people on the ground, people who are doing the hard work of democracy in terms of building institutions. in those terms haiti has a lot of resources. but in terms of the military, national, federalized, very few resources to speak of. let me ask you more about those civil resources. what s the mood like, what s the conversation like among people on the ground in haiti that you ve had a chance to speak to? i think, frankly, joshua, i think there s a lot of demoralization. there s a lot of depression over the situation. but i want to say it s not fatalistic. that s how i would characterize it, demoralized but not fatalistic. because in the international press, especially the u.s.
demoralizing question because it has very few resources on hand. by resources i mean military resources that are unified in terms of a national government. there are a lot of gangs. there are police on the ground, but i would define resources, to answer your question, as also human resources. there are civil society people on the ground, there are people doing the hard work of democracy in terms of building institutions. in those terms haiti has a lot of resources, but in terms of the military national, federalized, very few resources to speak of. let me ask you more about the civil resources. what is the mood like? what is the conversation like among people on the ground in haiti that you have had a chance to speak to? i think, frankly, joshua, i think there s a lot of demoralization. there s a lot of depression over the situation, but i want to say it is not fatalistic. that s how i would characterize it. demoralized but not fatalistic.
Make That $2 Billion: Ford Ups Equity Funding
April 7, 2021
The second edition of the Ford Foundation’s Building Institutions and Networks (BUILD) initiative will starting in January disburse another $1 billion in five-year grants to organizations led by people of color and women.
The 2015 BUILD initiative already has provided $1 billion in flexible funding to social justice organizations to help them “more effectively achieve their core goals and build resilience for the long term,” including five-year commitments of general operating support.
“Our transformative BUILD initiative has been instrumental in giving grantees the ability to quickly adapt to unforeseen challenges, which became more important than ever this past year,” Ford Foundation Executive Vice President for Programs Hilary Pennington said via a statement. “We will continue to work in lockstep with our partners by giving them the resources and the flexibility they need to carry out their important work,
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A Liberian Scholar Graduates With Two Distinct Masters from University of Kigali and Mount Kenya University
A Liberian Scholar Graduates With Two Distinct Masters from University of Kigali and Mount Kenya University
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A Kigali-based Liberian scholar, Amara M. Kamara, recently graduated with two masters, an MSc in Project Management from the University of Kigali and an MA in Development Studies from Mount Kenya University, Kenya. Amara, famous as the Kigali trained, ably represented Liberia during his studies in Kigali and left an indelible impression on his professors, fellow students, and the faculty at institutions, participating in several professor-led research projects and submitting several academic papers for publications.