tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052466915938458824.post444202453781295557..comments2023-03-29T10:26:59.082+01:00Comments on KwaMoja: Sustainability and Corruption in donor funded projects.Tim Schofieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06947390050294345009noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052466915938458824.post-4741164232217152852019-02-26T07:58:21.852+00:002019-02-26T07:58:21.852+00:00Donation Service Solution handles the donation tho...<a href="http://www.vallesoft.com/dss-solution.php" rel="nofollow">Donation Service Solution</a> handles the donation though different donors and the management of donations for the beneficiary. This project includes the modules like Donor, and Project management, mailings, emails, campaigns, and print reports on all this information, which allows the allocation of sponsorships for needed. vallesofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14454658988858222912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052466915938458824.post-42390476620613415832016-10-06T09:41:47.526+01:002016-10-06T09:41:47.526+01:00It's important to consider the costs for the u...It's important to consider the costs for the user throughout the development process. We try to keep our costs extremely low and to keep financials transparent with the clients. Then there are no nasty surprises!TIMBY Africahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17169896250668508814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052466915938458824.post-64229486570401406192016-09-11T15:41:07.084+01:002016-09-11T15:41:07.084+01:00Great article but I believe the key to sustainabil...Great article but I believe the key to sustainability is in creating or facilitating ownership of the interventions/solutions.Fionanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052466915938458824.post-37165157387876018782016-07-16T06:57:00.434+01:002016-07-16T06:57:00.434+01:00I see this is an old post, and not a long running ...I see this is an old post, and not a long running blog, but as a blogger myself I thought my 2 cents might be welcome. I decided you have to work with Africa's private sector, someone already in the repair and maintenance field. There is plenty of repair and maintenance for things like cell phones (more skilled repair and maintanence, and cheaper, than you will find USA or EU). The repair people have learned they get ripped off by the government appointees, the "Fonctionnaires". Africa's Tech Sector is there, you have to do development with them, let them choose the hospitals they will support. If the repair guy isn't getting paid, that's a damn good indication of a rat hole.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17669077665223573133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052466915938458824.post-20689642231060113032016-03-28T06:41:07.756+01:002016-03-28T06:41:07.756+01:00I would highly recommend Dambisa Moyo's "...I would highly recommend Dambisa Moyo's "Dead Aid; Why aid is not working and how there is another way for Africa" to everyone in the comments. Great article Tim! TIMBY Africahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17169896250668508814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052466915938458824.post-40190945701166646672014-10-05T09:44:31.497+01:002014-10-05T09:44:31.497+01:00Hi Michelle, I don't have a document as such b...Hi Michelle, I don't have a document as such but if you would like to submit some questions to tim@weberpafrica.com I will do my best to answer them<br /><br />TimTim Schofieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06947390050294345009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052466915938458824.post-91347636071799443642014-10-05T03:17:36.469+01:002014-10-05T03:17:36.469+01:00Hi Tim! Also have pretty much the same project her...Hi Tim! Also have pretty much the same project here in my country (Philippines). I am currently taking an advanced health informatics degree in one of the key stakeholder university here in the Philippines which means our courses are inclined to prepare us for future health ICT projects of the country. Corruption is really what scares me the most in working with the government but from whichever angle I look at it, I still recognize how important it is to work with the government in the implementation of these projects, should be really vigilant though. I wonder if I could get a hold on the project about Tanzania you were talking about, like a written document maybe? Just for comparison. And if it's not too much of a hassle. Thank you so much and bless you on your future endeavors! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06274071823638369325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052466915938458824.post-61366885379894963042014-08-25T15:28:22.507+01:002014-08-25T15:28:22.507+01:00The questions is, What is a project? If you think ...The questions is, What is a project? If you think that; project will sustain through donors, fine, you ought to use your all efforts to look for them till you become stable but still it won't help if there is no any thing done within the project to generate income because the project will die. Tehe, tehe, tehe....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052466915938458824.post-87610229407801048682014-07-10T16:07:46.937+01:002014-07-10T16:07:46.937+01:00i entirely agree donor funded projects can start a...i entirely agree donor funded projects can start as non profit making but with a long term objective of turning them into profit maaking in order to achieve sustainability and have continued value from these projectsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052466915938458824.post-12720854448061241962014-03-23T22:33:47.322+00:002014-03-23T22:33:47.322+00:00You guys seem to think that a problem as serious a...You guys seem to think that a problem as serious as global poverty can be solved with aid? It's a scandal that in today's world mass poverty should even exist...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10393400276734371030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052466915938458824.post-59255857094808545502014-02-18T10:07:30.203+00:002014-02-18T10:07:30.203+00:00Hi Mattias,
I agree with you, we have previously ...Hi Mattias,<br /><br />I agree with you, we have previously been prevented from taking part in projects because we are a "for profit" organisation. I believe it makes more sense to invest in sustainable African businesses that provide a long term future for Africans.<br /><br />TimTim Schofieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06947390050294345009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052466915938458824.post-35181672491881225742014-02-18T09:15:02.275+00:002014-02-18T09:15:02.275+00:00I truly believe in moving away from traditional do...I truly believe in moving away from traditional donor aid towards social entrepreneurship, within a not for profit framework, where a sound business case is pivotal for social seed money or donor aid. There is a misconception that NGO's should not make money but rather spend them on "do good" activities. An NGO that can use its assets and/or infrastructure to make money AND do good will be sustainable and can grow organically by buying more assets/build more infrastructure and thus do more good. If I can sell services to big industry and thus fund social services to those with limited purchasing power - does that make me a less worthy NGO? Give me funds for two water drill rigs and I'll go commercial with the one, funding pro bono drilling with the other. As long as the articles of association state a social purpose rather than creating wealth for the owners I see no problem with that. Robin Hood meets capitalism and plays the commercial game within legal structures.... / MattiasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052466915938458824.post-1025511037210160962014-01-16T16:57:22.891+00:002014-01-16T16:57:22.891+00:00Agree with you Bertie. This is what I have been tr...Agree with you Bertie. This is what I have been trying to say. Everybody has their own agenda and nobodies is really long term sustainable development. For instance, getting rid of poverty in Africa would make an awful lot of western organisations redundant.Tim Schofieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06947390050294345009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052466915938458824.post-58218396787671594542014-01-16T15:20:04.668+00:002014-01-16T15:20:04.668+00:00My view after so many years we are still handing o...My view after so many years we are still handing out fish to the hungry - teaching them how to fish (in which pond with which bait) is still the age old problem. The handover is done, the photo's taken and ........ we move on. (specifically used the "we" as not to step on toes)Bertie le Rouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13193352531142367237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052466915938458824.post-72446722728596920462014-01-15T21:36:13.286+00:002014-01-15T21:36:13.286+00:00Management training, maintenance training, patriot...Management training, maintenance training, patriotism and genuine desire to help ones Country to come up. Problem is once such training, as and when given, turns more "Bwanam Kubas" than hand on workers. Too many chiefs and NO injuns! Jungleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12542692315379067509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052466915938458824.post-7569281867331014162014-01-15T16:53:24.549+00:002014-01-15T16:53:24.549+00:00Well I have to be careful what I say here my wife ...Well I have to be careful what I say here my wife is a Ghanaian (Asante) & I don't want a re enactment of the scene involving Sir Fredrick Hodgson and Yaa Asantewaa at the Adum Fort (now called Adum Military museum).<br /><br />Look ,half he problem is coordination between people who donate money - DFID (brain dead civil servants ) and people in counties like Ghana who have a list of NGO’s and who registered them.<br /><br />Now most Ghanaians who live in Ghana would agree that “Oburoni’s (Brits and the like) are LESS likely to “chop” the money than Ghanaians themselves ; I know this because Ghanaians who live in Ghana have told me on numerous occasions.<br /><br /><br />So is the inference then that if you are going to involve anybody in doing something useful would it make sense to involve NGO’s run by Brits(and the like) in Africa? <br /><br />Well the response from DFID when I contacted them was this- we don’t get involved with NGO’s.<br />.Did I say the civil servants were brain dead? And do I sound bitter? I better go before I really let loose. I think I will have a lie down and a Camomile tea! Andy Brookeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16624518762574425812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052466915938458824.post-1579591335081813602014-01-15T14:08:51.670+00:002014-01-15T14:08:51.670+00:00Exactly Michael, however the donor agencies/charit...Exactly Michael, however the donor agencies/charities tend to see their targets as projects started. "We fitted X villages with a water pump to provide clean water" is all very well, but if these are not sustainable installations then it is pointless. Consciously or sub-consciously these agencies seem to see their aim as maintaining their funding. In fact most people seem to have an agenda that doesn't have long term sustainable implementations as the main priority.<br />Since I started traveling and working in Africa I have dramatically changed my attitude to aid.Tim Schofieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06947390050294345009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052466915938458824.post-18072443287091432602014-01-15T13:45:08.529+00:002014-01-15T13:45:08.529+00:00It looks like a common reason for failure is that ...It looks like a common reason for failure is that nobody cultivated, from the start, an obligation of maintenance by the users. In the proposal, make it clear that they'll need to pay a project's maintenance costs even while it's under direct donor support, including payments toward /expected/ maintenance, if you can ensure it goes to an un-raidable escrow. This might mean fewer projects get started, but the the ones that do might enjoy a higher success rate.Michael Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00713921931911369458noreply@blogger.com