The Copernican Revolution in Disability
It's time for a change. The Copernican revolution in disability - where we put the needs, hopes and dreams of people with disabilities at the centre - is already underway. The new model of therapy
6 Lessons Learnt from 6 Years of OIC Cambodia
Our goals at OIC are ambitious, and we’re setting ourselves up to do something that has never been done. It’s an entirely new way of looking at an old problem — how to execute something meaningful for a large population in need, and then getting out.
Isn't it time we redefine success in charities?
Never in the history of humankind have we had more potential to act. There are more charities than ever, more people volunteering overseas, more crowdfunding campaigns to support at a click of a button.And yet, amongst all of this good work, there is the underlying paradox of the entire charity sector. It is a commonly held belief that for a charity to exist, someone must remain suffering.
When helping others, your original intentions matter
Never, in the history of humankind, has there been such potential for unintended consequences of good intentions.Aid work, once the domain of a select few, has beendemocratised. It’s now the domain of many.
What happens when well-intentioned foreigners leave?
In 2006, I spent 6 months volunteering in an orphanage in Vietnam. To find out what kind of legacy I left, I went back after 12 years.There are so many international projects in poorer countries. But what happens when this work ends? What legacy do they leave behind?