This training is beneficial for: 

• Emerging professionals or founders who want to enter humanitarian and development sector

• Nonprofit and NGO practitioners who want to apply best practice in an international context

• Religious and charitable organizational leaders or staff members

Objectives and Course Outcomes: 

• Define the difference between charity, relief/humanitarian aid, and development

• Understand the elements that define a “developed” vs. “developing” country

• Examine the relationships between various economic sectors to better understand on a broad scale how different macroeconomic entities work in synergy to generate stable societies (circular-flow)

• Explore how NGOs and nonprofits can disrupt the virtuous economic flow that ideally should be self-generating and sustained by societies

• Explore the impacts and advantages of community-led development

• Understand the impact/influence foreigners can have in a developing nation, and learn how to prevent foreign influence from disrupting local community’s progress

• Discern ways to stop the cycle of dependency that many charitable efforts create

Educational Methodologies: 

• Examine case-studies of community led initiatives

• Review video interviews and testimonials from professionals in the field

• Discussion with other cohort members to develop solutions for issues presented in the case-studies

• Discuss: why we need to ensure that each entity can function effectively 

• Discuss: how charity can hurt more than help

• Examine and critique case studies of existing organizations that contributed to the cycle of dependency

• Reflections

• Students offer feedback on each other’s ideas

Materials:

• From Aid to Trade: book and interview (Market Alignment)

• Emanate International Interviews

• Articles and pdfs supplied by the instructor

• Optional: When Helping Hurts, Toxic Charity, The Prosperity Paradox

Tangible Take Aways:

• Create a business plan for an initiative, program, or entire organization to ensure that your organizations model demonstrates best practice

• Develop and/or apply metrics for sustainability

• Optional: in the future after having proven success, the mission or organization will be eligible for Emanate International’s seal of Sustainable Impact.