NO 1 | WTF (WHAT THE FAILURE)
🤷♀️ Thinking about starting a new series of posts called WTF (“What the Failure”) Wednesdays where I share different examples of failure in international development, aid, and poverty alleviation writ large.
👉 The point is not to point fingers, but to resurface learnings so we don’t all make the same mistakes.
🎆 Why not start with a bang? I just came across this amazing Devex project, What Went Wrong https://lnkd.in/enJfFCaA
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In Kenya, community members submitted reports to a mobile survey system created on the Echo Mobile platform with support from Code for Africa’s ImpactAfrica initiative. To submit a report, citizens called or texted and then answered a series of questions about an aid project in their area. The report was then vetted by a team of journalists and shared via social media with the NGOs or foundations responsible for the projects. Twenty-two projects were investigated further through in-depth follow-up reporting by What Went Wrong?, eight of which are documented in the six stories featured on Devex.
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The stories (I’m not surprised to see a couple of #water and #sanitation projects listed here.):
🚰 Water, electricity, and cartels https://lnkd.in/eDX9B2JT
🚻 Finding uses for failed restrooms https://lnkd.in/eB3GEwZU
💲 Cash transfer information gaps https://lnkd.in/eqzf_dDM
🏡 Still waiting for housing https://lnkd.in/eZGd8Yfh
🫘 Nutrition distribution bottlenecks https://lnkd.in/enSqy3Dv
