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I’d written a rambling, strident, rant post in response to the recent run on AidWatch which – I’ll be vulnerable – I found more annoying than normal. @Bill_Easterly, way to push my buttons, bro. (e.g.… more →
Tales From the Hood
Going Pro
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J. wrote 1 week ago: I’d written a rambling, strident, rant post in response to the recent run on AidWatch which – I’ll b … more →
Your lips move, but I can't hear what you say
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J. wrote 1 month ago: There is just no way around the critique that aid is ultimately about imposing change from outside. … more →
It'll only feel kinky the first few times...
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J. wrote 1 month ago: The heady rush of child survival and and integrated food security has already begun to wear off. Our … more →
More than numbers
J. wrote 2 months ago: The number of confirmed dead is, and for good reason remains, one of the first things that we tend t … more →
"I'm in the midst of a trauma... leave a message, I'll call you back..."
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J. wrote 2 months ago: So, I’ll be transparent and say that I’ve been having a bit of an aid-work crisis of faith lately. S … more →
Re-asking Some Basic Questions
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J. wrote 3 months ago: The past several posts here at Tales From the Hood have dealt in different ways with what I see as b … more →
Closer I Am to Fine
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J. wrote 3 months ago: A long time ago, I started my first HQ job with an organization whose main office was in the Washing … more →
Remastered: A hole in the ground
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J. wrote 3 months ago: Taken down due to unusual technical difficulties, remasterd and now reposted… In case you miss … more →
Welcome to Machine
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J. wrote 3 months ago: Okay. Call me cynical, but here’s the reality: The global aid industry is a very large, complicated … more →
Honesty 102: What We Give
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J. wrote 4 months ago: I was genuinely pleased and a tiny bit surprised to see a comment from Mo-ha-med on my previous “hon … more →
Regulation? Anyone?
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J. wrote 5 months ago: This always happens: I’m off the clock in some informal, social setting and the subject of what I do … more →
More thoughts on volunteers… ‘cause apparently I touched a nerve somewhere…
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J. wrote 5 months ago: I drafted and then re-drafted and then re-re-drafted a very lengthy follow-up post about volunteers … more →
LSOF: Grasping Humility Part 3 " Falling to our knees" will be up in few days!!
LSOF wrote 5 months ago: I am VERY excited that I’ve actually made a whole 3 part message series:) Grasping Humility Pa … more →
Development Tourism III: Volunteers
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J. wrote 5 months ago: Unless something changes, this will probably be the last installment from me in the development tour … more →
The Road to Hell
J. wrote 6 months ago: Those of you who haven’t read my Twitter feed may think that I’m still in Pakistan right … more →
NICRA
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J. wrote 6 months ago: Now 48 hours in, there are many nice things about being here in Pakistan. A few old friends who I ha … more →
Swat
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J. wrote 6 months ago: My HQ-based team has been “on-point” for the Pakistan displacement crisis over the past week. It’s b … more →
Can't We All Just Get Along?
J. wrote 7 months ago: Okay, the previous post may be just the tip of the iceberg of a number of loosely connected thoughts … more →
Bishop Noel Jones
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blackdreamers wrote 1 year ago: Bishop Noel Jones is a black dreamer! For years he ministered across the world as an Evangelist, but … more →
