By Yu Fangqiang
The other night, a little after midnight, I was about to turn off my computer and go to sleep when
I noticed, with surprise, an article in China Development Brief’s Community Times: “Droughts in the Southwest
Test Emergency Response: Where are the NGOs?”
China has recently been hit by a number of natural disasters, including the epic
drought in the southwest and an earthquake in Qinghai. After reading this
article, I had a few thoughts I had to share.
An announcement from Greg Denham follows:
by Meg Davis
After advising other organizations on how to create their own strategic plans, Asia Catalyst sat down in a conference room on Sunday with ten or so of our best friends and engaged in the annual exercise to plan our own work. Every year, we seem to find this a little more difficult, as our projects multiply and become more complex.
Fortunately, we had on hand our new board advisor, John Santoleri, who stopped us and said, “I don’t have a sense of the cost and benefit of each program — how much time each one takes, versus how hard or easy it is to raise funds for that program, versus the impact each program has.” With his help, we created a form to track just that.
By Robbie Barnett
The following is an update from
news organizations and local groups working in Yushu, a Tibetan area in China’s
Qinghai Province, where a massive earthquake struck on April 14.
A small coalition of local
grassroots NGOs from Qinghai – including Snowland Service Group, Tsongkha
Charitable Association, Sanchuan Development Association, Friend of Rural
Community Development, Shem Women’s Group, and the Pentok Institute – has set
up a consortium to accept donations. Please be generous: www.yushuearthquakeresponse.org.
