Three boreholes in Siaya county, and what went wrong with the first
We have finished one of three. I want to write down what went wrong while it is fresh, because every project update I read only lists what went well....
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Every cause, in one list.
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How do you keep participant data safe with almost no budget?
We work with refugee families. The data we hold could genuinely put people at risk. We have no IT staff and no budget for a system.
QuestionHuman Rights
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Is it worth doing a masters if I want to stay teaching?
It costs two years of savings. I am not sure it changes anything about my classroom.
QuestionEducation
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How do you keep volunteers past the first three months?
We get plenty of sign-ups after an event and almost nobody is still there by month four.
QuestionCommunity
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Has a freedom of information request ever worked for you?
I have sent eleven. Two answers, both incomplete. Is this normal or am I doing it wrong?
QuestionGovernance
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How do you work with people without turning them into case studies?
Funders want stories. The families we work with did not sign up to be anybody story.
QuestionHuman Rights
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Documentary fund for first-time directors from the global south
Up to 40,000 USD in production funding plus mentorship. You need a trailer or a sample scene, not a finished film. They fund about eight a year and...
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When did you decide your organisation should stop?
Asking seriously. I have watched several good organisations continue for years past the point of usefulness because stopping feels like failure. I...
QuestionSocial Enterprise
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Early warning systems: does anyone act on the warning?
We can forecast a flood three days out. Evacuation still happens on the day, when it is dangerous.
QuestionClimate
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We tested a translation model on four Indian languages. The results were uneven.
Hindi was excellent. Tamil was good. Bhojpuri and Santali were poor enough to be unusable for anything official. This is not a complaint, it is a...
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