"As usual I would like to see attention pais to women owned business - how do they fit into the global supplies chains for instance. How can women access cheap financing to scale their business? How can women woners of small enterprises be part of…"
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Ida Horner's Discussions
What IF campaign
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Francis Mwangi Wario Apr 18.
Should NGOs pay folk to attend meetings?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Ida Horner May 20.
Do you think that volunteer tourists do more harm than good?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Ida Horner Mar 3.
Ida Horner's Events
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Base of the pyramid consumers: getting the right product to the right people
June 19, 2013 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm – Unilever House
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Ida Horner replied to member's discussion Launching the B Team: How can we catalyse a new way of doing business?Ida Horner replied to Ida Horner's discussion Should NGOs pay folk to attend meetings?"Hi Natalie
In my mind communities should be interested enough in the development of their villages, towns an cities without a fee being attached to it. In rural locations getting out and about can be difficult but equally people tend to live in…"
Natalie Grant Logan replied to Ida Horner's discussion Should NGOs pay folk to attend meetings?"Hi Ida,
Unfortunately, I have experienced this more than enough times. Over and above what Po-Yi says, it's not just NGOs but some in the communities that find problems to solve with more external funding.
My recent experience has been…"
Ida Horner replied to Ida Horner's discussion Should NGOs pay folk to attend meetings?"Hi Po-Yi
Those are my exact sentiments- communities should want to regenerate and develop their villages/districts enough not expect to be paid to get to planning meetings
As you quite rightly say some organisations have way too much money…"
Po-Yi Liu replied to Ida Horner's discussion Should NGOs pay folk to attend meetings?"Hello Ida,
I have not experienced this myself, but I am glad that you have brought this issue to people's attention. It sounds like another situation where aid/funding is creating more dependency than it is helping the community.
I think paying…"
Ida Horner replied to Zahid Torres-Rahman's discussion How do we deliver on "Africa’s promise", and was the UK right in its decision to end direct aid to South Africa?"The question is what is aid to South Africa for? Was it for instance to maintain international relations as one BBC Radio 4 commentator said? If so is that the best use of development?
South Africa isn't a poor country but the disparity between…"
Ida Horner replied to Cecilia Zevallos's discussion How can we best support entrepreneurship across the value chain?"We had from SABMiller partners in Uganda on March 2. I was impressed by the work that is going into the programmes as part of supply chain. The lesson for me and perhaps multinationals form that experience was that scale can be achieved even at the…"
Ida Horner replied to Zahid Torres-Rahman's discussion Dhaka factory collapse: Can the clothes industry change?"Neomarxists point to a capitalist structure in which the west coerces cheap labour from the South in order to maximise profits.
As consumers we have a role to play to ensure that this cheap labour doesn't cost women their…"
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- I am a social entrepreneur
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- http://www.ethnicsupplies.co.uk
About Me
I am the Founder and owner of Ethnic Supplies Ltd a social enterprise that supports East african women involved in textile and handicraft production reach a much wider market with their goods. I believe that this is a more sustainable way out of poverty.
I am passionate about development issues and I bring a "hard earned" approach/exprience to my work or debates to this topic
I am also the lead Trustee of a charity LET THEM HELP THEMSELVES OUT OF POVERTY, whose aims are to enable folk in developing world to share their skills with folk in the developing world.
Our current project is in Ruhanga SW Uganda. The biggest challenge in that community is accessing clean water and currently women and children spend up to 3 hours day in search of clean water.
My blog is at http://ethnicsupplies.org/
Charity website www.lethemhelpthemselves.org
My podcast is at http://audioboo.fm/users/1132359/boos
or at Itunes
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ida-horners-development-conversations/id622356217
If you can spare the time to listen to my podcasts you will be rewarded with original conversations, you will not hear anywhere else
If I can help you in anyway please do get in touch
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Ida Horner's Blog
2012 Highlights of fighting poverty
My Business Fights Poverty year, kicked off in Masindi, NW Uganda at the Villages In Action event that is sponsored by Business Fights Poverty. In this photo, I am seated with the local women's group made up of business women…
ContinuePosted on December 14, 2012 at 20:30 — 3 Comments
Villages In Action: Let the voices of the poor be heard
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 19:00 — 3 Comments
Giving communities the tools to deal with day today challenges
This is a story of a charity I founded nearly 2 years ago to support community initiatives in Ruhanga SW Uganda
How we got started
By way of background, the charity came out of a chance conversation between Ann McCarthy and myself. Ann was already working in Uganda and I had recently set up…
Continue Posted on August 24, 2011 at 19:00
Walk 4 Water in SW Uganda
Funds are being raised to continue with the installation of a new pipeline to supply fresh mountain water to the villagers of Ruhanga, in SW Uganda. Participants are invited to take the guided walk to the source of the water located in the beautiful hills… Continue
Posted on August 16, 2011 at 19:31
Thoughts about women and gender equality
Last month we marked 100 years of International women's day and the question everyone wanted an answer to and still does I suppose is, "How have things changed for women in that time?"
For my part I…
ContinuePosted on April 8, 2011 at 10:00 — 2 Comments
Comment Wall (72 comments)
- At 19:21 on March 27, 2008,
Ann McCarthy said… - Hi Ida
Kkeep up your great work - you are doing an excellent job helping your fellow countrymen and women.
Lets have a great Fund-Raising Event on 17th October at the Hilton Hotel, when we will be giving many businesses - local and national- an opportunity to contribute to Africa See www.lethemhelpthemselves.com
- At 16:56 on April 3, 2008,
Ivan Kibuka-Kiguli said… - Thank u 4 welcoming me and directing me here in the 1st place.
- At 17:10 on April 6, 2008,
Lisa McClatchy said… - Hi, Ida,
What beautiful handicrafts you have to offer on your website! I love the idea of your website, what a great way to help the women of Africa! My company, Trivani, will be doing something similar in the near future with the Tarahumara Indians of Mexico- just imagine how many people we both will be helping with the sale of their gorgeous items, I love that!
- At 20:13 on April 6, 2008, Lisa McClatchy said…
- Sounds great, I would love to do that.
- At 15:06 on April 26, 2008,
Business Fights Poverty said… - Ida - thanks for adding "View my page on Business Fights Poverty" on your sign off on other networks! Linking back to your profile here is a great way to spread the word about Business Fights Poverty!
- At 19:15 on April 26, 2008, Ida Horner said…
- No worries
- At 0:05 on May 19, 2008,
Conectafrica said… - Hello Ida,
Nice to meet you!
I'm really interested by your work & specially by your 2.0 policy, wich is an exemple to follow in my opinion.
I'm going to promote you on my blog, let's share experiences ok?
Kind regards
Stef
- At 2:13 on May 19, 2008,
Christopher Andoh said… - Thank you for your request. Feel free to email me anytime.
- At 19:17 on May 19, 2008,
Marc Habets said…
- Dear Ida, Thank you for having me as a contact. Business fights poverty is a great initiative and fits well at Let's meet Africa and Do Business. Any interest to participate?
Kind regards,
Marc
- At 4:19 on May 20, 2008,
A.M.Sall said… - Thanks a lot for connecting with me, Ida :-)
I'm both honored and delighted to be in touch with such an awesome networker and entrepreneur with such a delicate taste for beautiful things.
Let's make sure we keep in touch, Ida!
Best wishes
Amadou
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