Interventions: Evaluating NGOs and NPOs

Interventions: Evaluating NGOs and NPOs 

 

CHAIR: BLATTEL, Carrie (IUPUI)

Participants: M GRAY, Colleen (NIU) The Relationship between Sarawak Women for Women Society and the State BLATTEL, Carrie (IUPUI) Evaluating the Effective Distribution of Services to Latinos: Non-profit Fair at the Liga Latina FITZPATRICK, John (UNL) Lincoln Literacy: A Case Study in Community-Based Non-Profit English Literacy Programs SARDIER, Marie (Action Contre La Faim) From Rural to Urban: New Challenges for Humanitarian Actors M SIEBER, Timothy (UMass) Putting Anthropological Skills to Use in Engagement with Grassroots Community Organizations

Abstract: 

 The past decade has witnessed an increased volume of humanitarian program implementation in urban environments. The question is no longer whether we should intervene in urban contexts, but how we can do it better. Because of population density and chronic poverty, a heightened vulnerability to disasters exists in urban settings, especially regarding health and livelihoods. This is highlighted in this presentation, which analyses the challenges that one humanitarian NGO, ACF, has faced in urban areas. It points to the relevance of cash-based interventions in urban contexts, where flexibility and market linkages are key to improving food security and nutritional status.

 

Session took place in Albuquerque, NM at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2014.