World Neighbors
World Neighbors is not only a fantastic organization, but is equipped with an excellent staff and volunteer network who are all passionate and hard-working. I was fortunate enough to volunteer at one of their annual fundraising events this year and was amazed at the turn-out. World Neighbors is such a well-run non-profit and I am always happy to help them out!
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
Being exposed to how I can contribute to change around the world whether by being educated on the power of our dollar or by offering my time to help spread their message to different audiences.
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Help spread their influence on university campuses to gain more awareness by college students who are passionate about their mission
What I love most about working with World Neighbors is the fact that they help people to grow by helping them to improve their lives. What greater reward is there, than to be proud of yourself, and knowing what you are capable of accomplishing.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
by reading the website, hearing other talk about the work,and reading Neighbors.
Ways to make it better...
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Find a way to spread the word to more people so they could have more support.
I am ardently taken over by initiatives that aim at uplifting the welfare of humanity. Considering that World Neighbours is doing just that, give me impetus to fully support it for selection.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
I have read and utilized their knowledge
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Partner with World Neighbour and work towards increased and robust access to adequate and affordable water and sanitation for the vulnerable and marginalized in Uganda and the developing world
World Neighbors is such an inspiring and determined organization, looking to better the world in all the right ways. Every time I am up at their offices volunteering I am constantly amazed and inspired by the projects and work they put forth in order to really CHANGE this world we all live in.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
I've personally experienced the results through their events such as Lunafest. Helping them fundraise money for their causes and see videos of the people they affect.
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
The only changes I would make is to get more outside people involved in this organization. I believe in it whole-heartidly and think it is going to change the world.
One day I visited a community farmer training center near Tegucigalpa in Honduras. I stood on the hillside with three young farmers in their mid 20s. They had come because family members suggested it would be a way for them to earn their own livelihood in a way not understood by their fathers ands grandfathers. For Hosea, Julian, and Pedro it was a way out of the past. They were the poorest of the poor and many of their friends had joined the army. Those three guys now have families of their own though I have long since lost track of them. Yet I learned something that I will never forget. World Neighbors trainers have taught me that it is here among the poorest of the poor that the opportunity for improvement is the greatest and where we can be a catalyst for change that comes from within the heart. Pedro said to me one evening, please don't leave me. And we didn't for almost six years, on his own land with corn and bean production exceeding 400% greater than his ancestors.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
I have visited program areas in Guatemala, Honduras, Peru, Philippines, Indonesia, India, Nepal, Kenya, Mali, Burkina Faso
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With the 60th anniversary this year, I'd go back to some of the program areas like southern India, Nepal, Guatemala, Burkina, where we have worked for years. I'd make several teams and interview 2000 people during the year to find out if what they learned in their training made a difference. How do community members measure change? Much of what we share with communities entails behavior change, did it work and how do they know it did?
Because It is my good fortune to live in Oklahoma City, headquarters of World Neighbors, I have known about this organization since I heard a program at our church about 20 years ago. My husband and I thought the integrated and respectful approach to solving problems that World Neighbors brings to the most deprived villages made so much sense, we were anxious to learn more. The more we learned, the more impressed we became. Following our World Neighbors Journey to Ecuador 5 years ago, we became even stronger advocates. We were able to meet the outstanding field staff, mostly people from the area, and the villagers who told us how much WN had improved their lives. Many women said that without WN their husbands would have needed to go to another country to find work to send home money. But with the help of WN their families now had enough food and healthy living conditions for the family to remain together in their village. We are now looking forward to a World Neighbors Journey to Peru in a few weeks.
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In a trip to Ecuador with World Neighbors 5 years ago, we were able to see the successful results of programs: abundant fields, well fed and healthy people, healthy vaccinated livestock, and a democratically functioning communities with many committees making important decisions. We were truly inspired to see how hard the villagers worked to improve their village and their own lives with the guidance of World Neighbors.
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Give more money so more people could be helped to help themselves
I first learned of World Neighbors in 2005 from a then board member. As an international development professional, I am impressed by World Neighbor’s commitment to equity and its integrated approach to development. World Neighbors lets people set their own goals and thus strengthens communities to find lasting solutions to hunger, poverty and disease.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
visiting World Neighbors programs and seeing local people’s engagement.
Ways to make it better...
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
find ways to increase its profile and resources so that it can deepen and expand the impact of its programs.
In July 2010, my wife and I had the opportunity to observe the work of World Neighbors direction in East Africa. I was emotionally moved by the testimony of the people in the villages in Kenya and Tanzania where World Neighbors works. To witness three projects in three different phases of development was an incredibly valuable look at how World Neighbors works with local leadership to create the capacity for long-term and sustainable community renewal and development. The "guide by the side" work that I saw illustrates the power of the World Neighbors' work.
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On a personal basis, World Neighbors has rekindled in me a passion for supporting organizations that enable long-term development as contrasted to relief or short-term work.
Ways to make it better...
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Find more ways for donors/supports to engage directly in the work of World Neighbors.
I've been on the board of World Neighbors for several years and have seen it expand and contract in its ability to do what it does so well--serve some of the poorest communities in the world with education and organization of mostly local resources, helping those communities to help themselves with agriculture, ecology, health care, and capacity building. The work of WN has been a model for other non-profit groups in international development, but I doubt if any other group does the basic work of building infra-structure and encouraging community self-help as World Neighbors. It remains a model of efficiency and good work.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
I've seen WN programs directly in Latin America, and I've followed the progress of programs in numerous other countries.
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
. . . help to find more and more sustainable funding for the work of the organization. The basic pattern of success has been in place for some time. Growth of the good work depends upon more financial support and the security of sustaining sources of support.
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Will you volunteer or donate to this organization beyond what is required of board members?
Definitely
How much of an impact do you think this organization has?
Life-changing
Will you tell others about this organization?
Definitely
How did you learn about this organization?
Through conversations and a general interest in international development work.
What is this organization's top short-term priority?
Securing funding for on-going programs.
What is its top priority in the long run?
Expansion of programs through sustained funding and broader recognition of the work of the organization.
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2011
In 2008 - 2009, I was warked for WN for 1,5 years, located in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. During work with this organization I was learnt about the process of social transformation that created by involving local people with full mobilizing local recources, the transformation focused on people and the outcome shown by transformation of people, gradually their livelihood and their environtment going better. In my opinion program approach that develop by this organization is match for remote people in remote area with marginal resources for better live and right.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
Sustainable Livelihood program for remote people
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
develop a great structure and program focussed on developing better livelihood and environtment for people who marginalized by global economic system for ger better live and right
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