• Reaching beyond the clinic walls: Why building a movement is the real remedy for the HIV Response

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    Shifting the paradigm in the fight against HIV/Aids When we think about the global fight against HIV, the images that most frequently come to mind are the clinical response i.e. the distribution of life-saving Antiretroviral Therapies (ARVs), medical consultations, and frontline health workers in community clinics. These practical interventions are undeniably vital and they have…

  • The “low-hanging fruit” of sustainability: food systems

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    One thing to change to move towards sustainability I was recently challenged to apply my mind to the one thing that I would change if I could to make a difference in the sustainability space. Given the complexity of sustainability as a field and the understanding I hold about all of the different aspects that…

  • Imagination may be the key to unlocking a better future

    Moreeda

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    The “better future” is supposedly already here We are ostensibly living in an era with less poverty, better health and life expectancy and more access to human rights and education than ever. The progress in the last 200 years is undeniable and the extensive data by the likes of Max Roses (Our World in Data),…

  • An education movement, it is now time!

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    Education, the results rarely mirror the ambition Education accounts for about a fifth of our total budget expenditure in South Africa but it really is a case of high input, low output. Despite the large annual education spend, education outcomes in South Africa fall behind even our continental peers. By way of example, when you…

  • Bricolage, not mixed methods. Bricolage Gives Me Permission – and a Responsibility 

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    I recently attended a conference on Bricolage in evaluation, organised by the Outcome Mapping Learning Community. Before I explain what I mean by bricolage, I want to trace something about my own development as an evaluator because I think it mirrors the journey of many African evaluators of my cohort.  We learned by doing. When I started out 25…

  • More of the same or an opportunity to reset?

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    New year, fresh take? The notion of a New Year has roots in many ancient cultures and rituals. In the Abrahamic traditions, it often aligns with the spring equinox where seeds were planted, it has now come to symbolise renewal and fresh starts. At Southern Hemisphere we like to think of it in those terms,…