by Daniel Wolfe
I worked for an AIDS NGO before I became a donor, and there are many things about donors I wish I had known when I worked for an NGO. Perhaps the most important thing is understanding how donors think about what they do.
[REPORT] Asia Catalyst in Yunnan
Part 2 of Asia Catalyst’s trip to China brings Meg and Gisa to Yunnan
Province, where they are working with their new partner Phoenix
（苦草工作室), a group of over 90 women living with HIV/AIDS. The group,
which includes current and former sex workers and drug users, provides
direct services to women in need. These range from hospice care to
prison visits and funerals for those cut off from their families.
[RESOURCE] Strategic Planning: The Asia Catalyst Approach
by Gisa Hartmann
An integral part of Asia Catalyst’s approach to assisting organizations to become stronger and more effective is teaching groups how to create a simple strategic plan. Having just returned from an intensive working trip to China, and having also participated in AC’s strategic planning meetings with Phoenix in China, with IKON in Bali, and with Thai AIDS Treatment Action Group (TTAG) in New York, I have noticed some issues that appear to be integral to the process, even for diverse groups in different parts of Asia.
