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D all NGOs have direct access to their community. Photo: Jia Lu


URING THE SUMMER OF 2010 I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO RECEIVE A CIDA-FUNDED INTERNSHIP TO GHANA, THE COUNTRY IN WHICH I WAS


BORN. For three months I worked with the PAAJAF Foundation, an organization based in the underserved community of Gbawe, near the capital of Accra. My host organization was interested in organizing and promoting educational programs for children and youth of the community. However, there was one big issue: the lack of funding to implement many of their fantastic ideas. Attempts at securing assistance from the proper channels often yielded nothing because the organization was a very small one, and its needs were apparently not considered important to the national development agenda. The organization was ready and willing to


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