All put most of the onus of these trends on funders, not on the NGOsābig or smallāthat are pushed along the dimensions of fakeness and flakiness by individual funders and the dangerous momentum in this sector. But they were scathing about a certain set of NGOs that are tapping these funder-led trends to position themselves…
Which is the push for scaleāthe demand by funders for greater numbers, be it in terms of geographical coverage or the count of beneficiaries. Everyone wants more people to benefitā not just funders, but also NGOs, other stakeholders involved and communities. But too often, these demands for scale are wildly unreal. Usually, this is because…
Overall, on āgoodness,ā they follow a normal distribution around the average, with most in the middle and tail-ends on both sides. āGoodā here means genuinely well-intentioned, dedicated and hard-working, with relevant expertise and integrity.Ā The āfake-flakeā framework is useful to assess the goodness of an NGO. In brief: āFakeā and āflakeā are like the X…
