Principles of Excellence for WASH: Your Input Requested

Posted on April 16, 2012

In November, 2011, Accord and Living Water International convened a summit on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) as part of the Accord Network Forum on Relief and Development.

A group of 30 individuals representing 21 organizations worked together for two days, drawing on examples of the most transformative work from their own experience and their collective vision for the future. Their collaboration identified categories and basic principles that are key to excellent WASH programs, expressed in the form of “Principles of Excellence in WASH.”

We hope that this aspirational document will lay groundwork for the development of helpful tools and standards, and will provide common language and understanding, both in Accord’s community of Christian relief and development practitioners and the sector as a whole.
We welcome your thoughts and comments on this Document.

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Short-Term Development Trips Meet Groupon

Posted on April 18, 2012

We’ve all noticed plenty of signs that helping the developing world is becoming more in vogue, especially with generations X and Y.  But this!

From Groupon: $2,000 for a “9-Day African Volunteering Trip” to Zambia.  It’s discounted from the “regular” price of $3,500.  Points of interest include reading with students in a schoolhouse and dining with Zambian families.  The NGO sponsoring the trip is Spark Ventures out of Chicago.

The trip also rounds out with visits to cultural sites, Victoria Falls and a safari.

We can only hope that the organizers of this trip are following the Standards of Excellence in Short-Term Mission.

 

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AERDO is now Accord!

Posted on February 25, 2011

Background

AERDO has been growing in its awareness of the vast network of efforts by Christians to end poverty through the vehicles of relief and development organizations, churches, and individuals.

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  • Short-Term Development Trips Meet Groupon
    We’ve all noticed plenty of signs that helping the developing world is becoming more in vogue, especially with generations X and Y.  But this! From Groupon: $2,000 for a “9-Day African Volunteering Trip” to Zambia.  It’s discounted from the “regular” […]
  • Principles of Excellence for WASH: Your Input Requested
    In November, 2011, Accord and Living Water International convened a summit on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) as part of the Accord Network Forum on Relief and Development. A group of 30 individuals representing 21 organizations worked together for two […]