Latest updates & developmentshttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2012-01-02T16:16:00Zhttp://www.webjam.com/enUniversities opening in Africa.http://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2012/01/02/universities_opening_in_africahttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2012/01/02/universities_opening_in_africa#Comments2012-01-02T16:16:00Z"ny times", "d.d guttenplan"http://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2012/01/02/universities_opening_in_africaAmerican University in Cairo opened in 1919.  This month, Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University is opening a campus in Kigali, Rwanda.  CEIBS (China Europe International Business School) has an MBA program in Accra, Ghana that recently opened.  In What are we doing here?, we filmed with missionaries in Malawi from the African Bible Colleges, who recently opened their third campus in Uganda.  Is this the beginning of the rise of Western (and Eastern) higher education in Africa?  What will this mean for Africans?  Check out this interesting NY Times article by D.D. Guttenplan: Local Options Help Slow Africa's Brain Drain.

]]>Culture Unplugged Fim Festival - October 30thhttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2011/10/17/culture_unplugged_fim_festival__october_30th_2L63E-rlAmhttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2011/10/17/culture_unplugged_fim_festival__october_30th_2L63E-rlAm#Comments2011-10-17T15:18:00Zonline, "film festival"http://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2011/10/17/culture_unplugged_fim_festival__october_30th_2L63E-rlAmWhat are we doing here? is honored to be part of the Culture Unplugged online film festival.  On October 30th, WAWDH? will stream four times (part of a continus loop of the days programing), so click here to watch on the 30th.  Culture Unplugged is an amazing non-commercial media organization; to learn more about them or to see what unique and eye opening documentaries are playing right now, right here on your computer, click here!  

]]>Screenings in Montana, Vancouver, Washington State, Oregon and Bay Areahttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2011/03/28/screenings_in_montana_vancouver_washington_state_oregon_and_bay_areahttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2011/03/28/screenings_in_montana_vancouver_washington_state_oregon_and_bay_area#Comments2011-03-28T14:27:00Z"west coast", universities, screenings, "what are we doing here?"http://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2011/03/28/screenings_in_montana_vancouver_washington_state_oregon_and_bay_areaFilmmaker, Tim Klein will be visiting Universities to show "What are we doing here?" and take part in post-film discussions.

March 29th, 7pm at Carroll College in Helena, Montana - 102 O'Connell Hall

March 30th, 3:30 at U of Montana, Missoula - Social Sciences 356

April 5th at noon at UBC (U of British Columbia), Vancouver, Canada - Mulitpurpose Room, Liu Institute for Global Issues, 6476 NW Marine Drive

April 5th at 3:30 at Simon Fraiser University, Vancouver, Canada - Room 3260, West Mall Complex, SFU Burnaby

April 6th at 6pm at Seattle University - Wyckoff Auditorium, Engineering 200

April 11th at 6:30 at Pacific University, in Forest Grove (outside of Portland, OR) at the CLIC in Scott Hall

April 12th at noon at Portland State University - Multicultural Center

April 13th at 6pm at U of Oregon, Eugene - at the Mills International Center

April 19th at 7pm at UC Berkeley, 159 Mulford Hall

]]>Screenings of "What are we doing here?" and discussion w. Tim Kleinhttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2011/02/20/screenings_of_what_are_we_doing_here_and_discussion_w_tim_kleinhttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2011/02/20/screenings_of_what_are_we_doing_here_and_discussion_w_tim_klein#Comments2011-02-20T18:05:00Zdiscussions, film, "what are we doing here?", "university screenings"http://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2011/02/20/screenings_of_what_are_we_doing_here_and_discussion_w_tim_kleinFeb 21st, 6pm -- University of Chicago, Stuart Hall, Room 102, 5835 South Greenwood Avenue

Feb 23rd, 7pm -- Brueggeman Center for Dialogue at Xavier University, Conaton Learning Commons Kennedy Auditorium

Feb 25th, 5:00 -- North Carolina State University at Campus Cinema Witherspoon, Washington Sankofa Room, Cates Avenue, Raleigh, NC 

Feb 28th, 6pm -- University of North Florida, Robinson Theater, 1 UNF Drive, Jacksonville, FL

March 3rd, 2:30 and 6:00pm - Savannah State University, 115 Social Science Building, for more information call SSU Politial Science Department at 912-358-3221

]]>Film Screening/discussion in Calgary, Canada Nov, 16th 7-9pmhttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/11/12/film_screeningdiscussion_in_calgary_canada_nov_16th_79pmhttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/11/12/film_screeningdiscussion_in_calgary_canada_nov_16th_79pm#Comments2010-11-12T16:37:00Zscreeninghttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/11/12/film_screeningdiscussion_in_calgary_canada_nov_16th_79pmWhat are we doing here? film screening and discussion on foreign aid in Africa.

Date: Tuesday 16th November, 2010

Time: 7pm, finish around 9pm

Where: Bow Valley College 332 6 Ave se, Calgary in room 241

Panelists: Tim Klein, one of the producers/directors of "What are we doing here?",  Paul Gomes of the Fig Tree Foundation,  Anna Kae Todd from Bow Valley College

Free and open to the public.

]]>Film screening - Charleston, South Carolina!http://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/10/30/film_screening__charleston_south_carolinahttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/10/30/film_screening__charleston_south_carolina#Comments2010-10-30T06:17:00Zscreeinghttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/10/30/film_screening__charleston_south_carolina"What are we doing here?" Film Showing and discussion with Tim Klein

Thursday, November 4 · 6:30pm - 8:30pm

College of Charleston Education Center Room 116

More info at:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=163431233675437

]]>AP article on UN Millennium Village in Kenyahttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/09/21/ap_article_on_un_millennium_village_in_kenyahttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/09/21/ap_article_on_un_millennium_village_in_kenya#Comments2010-09-21T19:29:00Zun, kenya, "millennium villages"http://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/09/21/ap_article_on_un_millennium_village_in_kenyaAn Associated Press article by Jason Straziuso and Malkhadir Muhumed about the Millennium Village in Dertu, Kenya. 

Click here for article in the Washington Post.

]]>NY Times - Richard Branson Charity Focuses Aid Effort on Zimbabwe By STEPHANIE STROMhttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/09/21/ny_times__richard_branson_charity_focuses_aid_effort_on_zimbabwe_by_stephanie_stromhttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/09/21/ny_times__richard_branson_charity_focuses_aid_effort_on_zimbabwe_by_stephanie_strom#Comments2010-09-21T19:23:00Zzimbabwe, "ny times"http://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/09/21/ny_times__richard_branson_charity_focuses_aid_effort_on_zimbabwe_by_stephanie_stromCheck out this article by STEPHANIE STROM about a new effort by Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of Virgin Group.  Click here for the article.

]]>A Different Kind of Capitalism - NPR radio programhttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/08/22/a_different_kind_of_capitalism__npr_radio_programhttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/08/22/a_different_kind_of_capitalism__npr_radio_program#Comments2010-08-22T18:18:00Znpr, "speaking of faith", "acumen fund", "a different kind of capitalism", "krista tippett", "jacqueline novogratz"http://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/08/22/a_different_kind_of_capitalism__npr_radio_programNational Public Radio program "Speaking of Faith"

Jacqueline Novogratz has helped reinvent the landscape of global aid and development by bringing the notion of "patient capitalism" to the world's economic table. Her Acumen Fund has an increasingly influential profile charting a third way between investment for profit and aid for free.  Click here to listen to the radio program

]]>Oxfam video - Aid and anti-corruption http://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/05/24/oxfam_video___aid_and_anticorruptionhttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/05/24/oxfam_video___aid_and_anticorruption#Comments2010-05-24T23:25:00Zvideo, oxfam, anti-corruptionhttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/05/24/oxfam_video___aid_and_anticorruptionCheck out this video by Oxfam about foreign aid and corruption: click here for video

]]>Oxfam - How Can We Improve Aid to Developing Countries?http://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/05/20/oxfam__how_can_we_improve_aid_to_developing_countrieshttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/05/20/oxfam__how_can_we_improve_aid_to_developing_countries#Comments2010-05-20T16:48:00Zvideo, aid, oxfam, "aid effectivness"http://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/05/20/oxfam__how_can_we_improve_aid_to_developing_countries Oxfam America will host a discussion on how we can improve aid to developing countries?  For more information go to Oxfam America.  Or watch the conference on our web site after Friday, May 21st at 9am.


 

]]>TIME - Bad Charity? (All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt!) http://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/05/13/time__bad_charity_all_i_got_was_this_lousy_tshirthttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/05/13/time__bad_charity_all_i_got_was_this_lousy_tshirt#Comments2010-05-13T16:01:00Ztime, "foreign aid", "nick wadhams"http://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/05/13/time__bad_charity_all_i_got_was_this_lousy_tshirtGreat article about the foreign aid debate - read and share this article by Nick Wadhams? - TIME Magazine - Bad Charity? (All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt!)

]]>Leaked White House document shows Obama team is looking at reforming USAIDhttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/05/07/leaked_white_house_document_shows_obama_team_is_looking_at_reforming_usaidhttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/05/07/leaked_white_house_document_shows_obama_team_is_looking_at_reforming_usaid#Comments2010-05-07T17:18:00Zreform, "foreign policy", oxfam, usaid, "a new way forward on global development"http://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/05/07/leaked_white_house_document_shows_obama_team_is_looking_at_reforming_usaidCheck out this article in foreignpolicy.com on leaked document, "A New Way Forward on Global Development" and the discussion that is taking place in Washington about changing the entire structure of USAID.  It is a short article, but this development could have huge effects of how USAID operates and the impact overseas - click here for the article in Foreign Policy

Also, Oxfam America is working hard to build support for USAID reform - click here to follow their efforts

]]>‘Building back, better’http://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/03/08/building_back_betterhttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/03/08/building_back_better#Comments2010-03-08T16:13:00Zhaiti, "harvard gazette", "paul farmer", "harvard humanitarian initiative (hhi)"http://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/03/08/building_back_betterA great article in the Harvard Gazette about rebuilding in Haiti.  Featuring Paul Farmer and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) (which has lots of important information).  Read the article and watch the video here.

]]>NY Times - Stumbling in the Race to Feed Africa's Millions http://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/02/23/ny_times__stumbling_in_the_race_to_feed_africas_millionshttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/02/23/ny_times__stumbling_in_the_race_to_feed_africas_millions#Comments2010-02-23T18:43:00Z"bill gates", petition, farmers, "food aid", malawi, "ny times", "john collins rudolf", fertilizer, agricultuerhttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/02/23/ny_times__stumbling_in_the_race_to_feed_africas_millionsThere was an article in yesterdays, NY Times by John Collins Rudolf about food and agriculture production in Africa - click here to read the article.

In Minnesota and other midwest states in the U.S. the average farmer uses 100 kilograms of chemical fertilizer per hectare and the average farmer in Kenya uses only 7 kilograms per hectare.  Less fertilizer is better for the environment.  The question is how to have a "green revolution" in Africa without the environmental problems.  Dr. Chinkunutha, the economist turned farmer who appears in "What are we doing here?" says organic agriculture is the way to go?  Now the Malawian government is getting results by subsidising chemical fertilizer to it's countries farmers.  Either way, we need to end the way we give out food aid as that has a direct negative effect on African farmers - click here for more information on food aid/African farmers.

]]>Speaking of Faith - Jacqueline Novogratz and the Reinvention of Aidhttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/02/19/speaking_of_faith___jacqueline_novogratz_and_the_reinvention_of_aidhttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/02/19/speaking_of_faith___jacqueline_novogratz_and_the_reinvention_of_aid#Comments2010-02-19T17:00:00Znpr, "speaking of faith", "jacquline novogratz", "acumen fund"http://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/02/19/speaking_of_faith___jacqueline_novogratz_and_the_reinvention_of_aidA Different Kind of Capitalism - Jacqueline Novogratz, whose Acumen Fund is reinventing that landscape with what it calls "patient capitalism," is charting a third way between investment for profit and aid for free.  Listen to the radio show here on Speaking of Faith

*photo from Acumen Fund

]]>Peter Eigen: How to expose the corrupt http://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/02/18/peter_eigen_how_to_expose_the_corrupthttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/02/18/peter_eigen_how_to_expose_the_corrupt#Comments2010-02-18T16:17:00Zted, corruption, "world bank"http://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/02/18/peter_eigen_how_to_expose_the_corruptA very interesting talk by Peter Eigen, the former World Bank Director in Nairobi about how corruption happens and what to do.

Click here to listen.

]]>Chris Abani on the stories of Africa - TEDhttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/02/18/chris_abani_on_the_stories_of_africa__tedhttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/02/18/chris_abani_on_the_stories_of_africa__ted#Comments2010-02-18T02:02:00Zted, "chirs abani"http://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/02/18/chris_abani_on_the_stories_of_africa__tedIf you have a moment, check out this talk by Nigerian writer Chris Abani

 It is edgy and takes a while to get going, but he has something important to say.  It is part of the TED talks.

]]>“What Are We Doing Here?” – Dickinson Students Rethink Aid in Africahttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/02/11/what_are_we_doing_here__dickinson_students_rethink_aid_in_africahttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/02/11/what_are_we_doing_here__dickinson_students_rethink_aid_in_africa#Comments2010-02-11T19:29:00Zafrica, charity, poverty, aid, "what are we doing here?", "klein pictures"http://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/02/11/what_are_we_doing_here__dickinson_students_rethink_aid_in_africaCheck out this short article that was posted on the Americans for Informed Democracy (AID) website about the screening at Dickinson College last week.

]]>Haiti food aid video - Al Jazeerahttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/01/30/haiti_food_aid_video__al_jazeerahttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/01/30/haiti_food_aid_video__al_jazeera#Comments2010-01-30T19:01:00Zvideo, "food aid", "al jazerra", dependencyhttp://www.whatarewedoinghere.net/$latest_updates__developments/2010/01/30/haiti_food_aid_video__al_jazeeraSee video here

Video description from Al Jazerra:  In 2008, in the midst of the global food crisis, we travelled to Haiti to look at the politics of rice - how such a fertile country became dependent on food aid.

In the wake of this current disaster, that dependence is - initially - going to deepen.

But as relief efforts slowly turn to plans for reconstruction, it is important to look back at the policies that brought Haiti to the brink in the first place, and the people who had their own vision of self-sufficiency all along.

Avi Lewis talks about the US role in the development of Haiti with PJ Crowley, the spokesman at the US state department, and Emira Woods, the co-director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies, and an expert on US foreign policy.

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