Author Archives: alex dalton

ElectricAid has always been conscious of the off-putting effect of jargon and acronyms. Our Annual Report always includes a jargon-busting acronym-explaining section. (Of course, ESB as a VIU would never use terms like MW, FTE and KPIs – our PDP process would ensure that the EDT never got anything like that from GWM, ESBN or evenContinue reading “Alphabet Soup – the strange world of Development Acronyms.”

Since 2008, ElectricAid has supported Dr Trish Scanlan, a young Irish oncologist in Dar-es-Salaam, with the development of paediatric cancer services in Tanzania. Cancers such as Rhetinoblastoma, a cancer of the eye that has a high prevalence in Tanzania, have been brought under control, and survival rates are approaching first-world levels.  Outreach services  are facilitatingContinue reading “Tumaini La Maisha – Their Lives Matter.”

The attached excellent article from Dóchas “How we’re fighting for gender equality this International Women’s Day” marking International Women’s Day features three NGOs’ work for and by women in development. Action Aid are featured for their work against Gender Based Violence and Female Genital Mutilation; VSO for their work in health services, and Gorta-Self Help AfricaContinue reading “ElectricAid loves Women!”

Since 2007, ElectricAid has been a strong supporter of Vita’s fuel-efficient stoves programme in Eritrea. Our funding of €83,000 over 6 separate projects has enabled this award-winning programme to reach over 2,500 poor, and very often women-headed households – improving the lives of about 12,500 people. A small Irish NGO, Vita is one of aContinue reading “Up in Smoke – our funding of Vita’s stove programme in Eritrea.”

ElectricAid was founded in 1987 as a reaction to the Ethiopian famine of that time. Twenty-nine years later in 2016 we approved a €20,000 funding of Concern’s emergency nutritional feeding programme for vulnerable women and children in 3 areas of Ethiopia, which had suffered drought and crop failures. So much for progress against poverty andContinue reading “Hunger in Ethiopia – Back to ElectricAid’s roots.”

ElectricAid looks at fair trade between the developed world and the Global South as the 3rd essential leg of development.  Overseas development aid, through governments and/or NGOs, is a critical pump-primer, but economies, societies and people will develop primarily through their own efforts. These efforts are often hindered by unfair and exploitative production and tradeContinue reading “Ethiopian Chives – Fairtrade Fortnight, 27th February to 12th March.”

United Purpose (formerly Concern Universal) is a long-standing partner for ElectricAid.  We have had a reliable and successful funding relationship since 2007, and UP has Special Partner status with us. This status, currently enjoyed by only 15 NGOs, allows them to apply for up to €16,000 up to 4 times yearly. Our funding of thisContinue reading “United Purpose: Shea Butter enterprise in Northern Ghana.”