Many interesting things have been happening at this conference. For example, I find the "I Am Powerful" campaign very interesting. With a few small changes, it could be used in Burundi for fundraising purposes. I would like to visit a website where I could learn more about this campaign and see how it has been used.
Another example is partnerships - how can partnerships between the north and the south hold accountable our governments and authorities. This was quite interesting for me, since one of our missions at African Public Radio is to try to hold our authorities accountable and to make people understand that our governments have got to be accountable.
I think that now, because of CARE's international presence, local NGOs benefit from CARE's presence, in terms of capacity building, and even in terms of a type of protection and endorsement of credibility at the local level. It is very difficult for local NGOs to get funds from the West, unless it happens through an international NGO. You can have a great project and you can present it, but you must be credible and you've got to be with an international NGO.
We can learn skills through CARE, because CARE regularly holds workshops on financial and program management. Local NGOs become aware of some structures and situations through international NGO's who have been working with grassroots organizations.
When I was following the presentation about "I Am Powerful", I noticed that CARE has changed many things. CARE has already changed many things. From my point of view, the way that CARE is working is already good, they way they adapt, etc.
When you focus your work on women, it is a marketing technique that can work for radio and local NGOs in Burundi. "Je suis forte." The fact that it focuses on the grassroots community - this is great.
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