Tafakari Yearbook 2024
OVERVIEW DOI: http://doi.org/10.62372/JDVN6905 As an organization dedicated to behavioral science in pursuit of poverty alleviation, we feel that pressure from all around us. There is pressure from the outside world: climate change is real; it is here, and it disproportionately affects those experiencing poverty. This pressure focuses, forces, and breaks. But pressure also brings us together. […]
Empowering civil society organizations to empower the people
Civil society organizations (CSOs) connect communities and the systems that govern them. The primary role, particularly of advocacy-based CSOs, should be to empower communities with the tools to advocate for their rights. This means that CSOs need to deeply understand the communities they serve and the issues affecting them, as well as how to communicate, […]
Link, learn, laugh
When you’re giving grants to support marginalized and discriminated groups across two continents, the fact that there are similarities and learnings that can be cross pollinated cannot be ignored.
Meeting the mark
Precision is the tell of extraordinary marksmanship. However, it is preceded by numerous missed shots, form adjustment, choice of weapon, and the strength of character to keep shooting better.
Pick and choose
Deciding which message works for a given audience should be considered an extreme sport given all the context, nuances, and innuendo you have to sift through to make that choice.
