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It's 'The Office,' but for Aid Workers in Africa | VICE News
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Its The Office, but for Aid Workers in Africa. Photo via The Samaritans. Its The Office, but for Aid Workers in Africa. By Shanrah Wakefield and Shyam Dodge. April 14, 2014. Is hardly the first half-hour mockumentary TV show, but it's the first one made in Kenya. It's also the first one made about an NGO and while offering aid to people in desperate need of it doesn't necessarily sound like a hilarious premise for a show, that's not what. To watch for a fee. The pilot episode of. Did you worry knowing th...
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James H Longmore: Writer, Author, Screenwriter
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About biog and resume. Author novels, novellas and shorts. Screenwriter TV and movie scripts. Bookstore where you can buy. Short movies and comedy miscellany. Author novels and shorts. The Erotic Odyssey of Colton Forshay. And Then You Die. Bumps in the Road. Rejected for Content IV. Cleveland Show Spec' Script. Bookstore buy my books. Short movies and comedy. Zombie family: a day in the death. A brilliant creature horror) is published by Black Bed Sheet Books. And Then You Die. Of my novellas,. Has been...
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Eleven | AidSpeak
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Between the rock of epistemological inertia, and the hard place of operational context. I’ll be the heretic and just say straight out that I didn’t love the Al Jazeera The Stream show on something about expat aid workers and INGOs. S ), that lampoons INGOs and expat aid workers, written and produced by people who by their own rather cheerful admission have never worked for an NGO. At least Christopher Guest actually learned to play guitar when he lampooned heavy metal music in This Is Spinal Tap. I know ...
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Samaritans gone wrong?
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Skip to main content. Join Al Jazeera's social media community. The Stream is a social media community with its own daily TV show. Talk to Al Jazeera. Democratic Republic of Congo. The Stream Main menu. February 18, 2014. The Stream discusses the real-life inspiration for a new Kenyan TV comedy mocking aid workers. Guests register for the Tanzania National Government Pandemic Disaster Response Tabletop in Arusha, Tanzania, an event that was funded by USAID in March 2011. Photo via US Army Africa. Life un...
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communication for development | Wait... What?
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Bridging community development and technology. Archive for the ‘communication for development’ Category. Delivering Privilege via WhiteSave.me. ICTs, mobile and technology. Tagged whitesave.me; art-a-hack. On July 27, 2015 1 Comment. I had the privilege (no pun intended) of participating in the Art-a-Hack program via ThoughtWorks. Here is our press release with links to the final product – WhiteSave.me. You can read our Artist Statement. Here and follow us on Twitter @whitesave.me. Today’s White guy is i...
huffingtonpost.com
New Television Show Profiles Dysfunctional 'NGO,' Exposes Dark Side Of Nonprofits
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INFORM • INSPIRE • ENTERTAIN • EMPOWER. GPS for the Soul. GPS for the Soul. Don't Stress the Mess. The Power Of Humanity. What's Working: Purpose Profit. What's Working: Small Businesses. New Television Show Profiles Dysfunctional 'NGO,' Exposes Dark Side Of Nonprofits. 02/11/2014 06:26 pm ET. Feb 12, 2014. Editor, HuffPost Impact. The Samaritans Trailer (2013). Though its name may suggest otherwise, "The Samaritans". Will neither tug at your heartstrings nor will it restore your faith in humanity. Kurji...
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Kenianische Comedy-Serie: Stromberg in Afrika - taz.de
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Reisen in die Zivilgesellschaft. Die Mini-Serie The Samaritans macht sich über das Entwicklungshilfe-Business lustig. Sie ist erschreckend nah an der Wirklichkeit. Das Team von Aid for Aid ist selbst reinste Comedy: Die kenianische Rezeptionistin steht auf westliche Diplomaten. Tabelle: www.aidforaid.org. Zwei Folgen gibt es bisher, für den Rest der Staffel sucht Kurjis Produktionsfirma Xeinium noch Investoren. Die Pilotfolgen haben die Macher über eine Crowdfunding-Plattform finanziert. Eine grö...Zu se...
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social media, film, photography, etc. | leapfrog news
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International development, technology, and human rights news. Social media, film, photography, etc. 16 Observations on Livestreaming in China. Youtube's new offline first product for India treats telcos as damage and routes around them. Real Virtuality: A Code of Ethical Conduct. West Africans Wield Smartphones to Fight Police Abuse. Do online social media cut through the constraints that limit the size of offline social networks? The Facebook-Loving Farmers of Myanmar. The Web We Have to Save.
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social media, film, photography, etc. | leapfrog news
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International development, technology, and human rights news. Social media, film, photography, etc. Do online social media cut through the constraints that limit the size of offline social networks? The Facebook-Loving Farmers of Myanmar. My Favorite African Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Fiction of 2015. The Samaritans is a Kenyan comedy about an NGO that does nothing. Lessons learned from Mxit’s recent shut down. Twitter now lets 68M people in Indonesia buy data, minutes, and SMS packages via DM.
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Strategic Survival: February 2014
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Voluntary Sector Consultant Marion Grace Woolley. Friday, 28 February 2014. Following on from the Voluntary Sector Humour. Earlier this week about the Kenyan NGO mokumentary. Here's another video, this time linked to an article: Survival International reveals a sinister side of “sustainable development”. It's tempting to say it's a little simplistic, but there is certainly something sinister about people selling their internal organs to repay microfinance debts. Wednesday, 26 February 2014. A] new TV sho...
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