When I think back over the past decade of my work in Sierra Leone’s care reform movement, one thing has become increasingly clear: true, sustainable change is not delivered from the outside in, it grows from the inside out. And at the center of that growth are local leaders, men and women who understand their communities, feel the weight of their people’s challenges, and carry a vision for transformation.
Empowerment is not giving people what we think they need; it’s creating space for them to shape their own future In Emmanuel Nabieu’s new book, The Empowerment Shift: A Transformational Guide to Transitioning from Residential Care to Family Care (available on Amazon), he explores why moving from institutional orphanage care to family and community-based care is not…
When most people give to international humanitarian nonprofits, they want to see results they can measure and celebrate: a school built, a well dug, a shipment of medicine delivered. These time-bound projects with concrete outputs are easier to fundraise for, easier to photograph, and easier to explain. But there’s a hidden cost to this approach—one that directly undermines the long-term sustainability of local communities and the capacity of international NGOs (INGOs) to do the work that truly lasts.
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