International Aid

In this ground-breaking book, Ben Ramalingam shows that the linear, mechanistic models and assumptions on which foreign aid is built would be more at home in early-20th-century factory floors than in the dynamic, complex world we face today. All around us, we can see the costs and limitations of dealing economies and societies as if they are analogous to machines. The reality is that such social systems have far more in common with ecosystems: They are complex, dynamic, diverse, and unpredictable.

In 1969, seven blind men climbed Kilimanjaro to prove that blind people were capable. Thirty-six years later, another party came down the same mountain and found the braille machines locked in a cupboard. They had trained for a fortnight. They came from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, and they climbed to settle a question their societies had already answered without asking them. In 2005 a second expedition descended, visited a school outside Moshi, and asked to see the braille machines. They were in a store cupboard. Locked. Most of them broken. The school had been protecting them, and from ...

Her kidnappers don't know who she is. Yet. Caitlin Bishop was running a humanitarian compound in South Sudan when armed rebels stormed the gate. Now she's gone — dragged into the lawless frontiers of Central Africa, hours ahead of anyone who can help. She's also the daughter of the U.S. Secretary of State. Official channels are paralyzed. Politics, deniability, and a map full of borders no one wants to cross. So her father makes one call — to the only man who operates outside all of it. Milo deCogan. Former special operations. Now running Relief Solutions, a private rescue firm with one...

Elephants Have the Right of Way is the true story of a life spent at the front lines of humanitarian aid. As a senior logistics expert with UNICEF, Horst Dietrich Rüttinger worked across Africa and beyond, helping deliver food, medicine, and hope to communities facing war, famine, and natural disaster. From navigating flooded roads and remote airstrips to coordinating relief in fragile regions, Horst offers a rare, firsthand look at what it really takes to move help where it’s needed most. But this memoir is not only about crisis response. It is also about family, resilience, and the ...

"Return to your rest, my soul, for the LORD has been good to you." – Psalm 116:7 When you feel your soul being afflicted with anxiety and turmoil, return to Scripture to find rest. Listening to the books of Psalms and Proverbs enhanced with peaceful instrumental music in the background will...

Dedicated to the impoverished in forgotten places of the world, this book questions whether the likes of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the United States Agency for International Development and other big international aid organizations help or hinder the world’s poorest people. It also questions whether the aid packages provided are genuine or whether they are scams designed to subjugate Third World countries. BANKRUPTING THE THIRD WORLD: How the Global Elite Drown Poor Nations in a Sea of Debt, by novelists, filmmakers and independent researchers James Morcan & Lance ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2022 ‘Superb’ The Times ‘Engrossing and revelatory' Observer ‘Powerful, compelling and meticulously researched’ New Statesman A new book from the award winning author of In the Footsteps of Mr Kurtz,Do Not Disturb explores the controversial career of...

"Sean Patrick Hopkins offers exactly the kind of narration this audiobook deserves...He makes this story of America's first significant overseas aid effort and the two people most responsible--a sea captain and a Catholic priest--come alive." -- AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award Winner The...

With over two decades’ experience both observing and interpreting how people channel disaster into opportunity in the most extreme circumstances and environments on Earth, Ben Ramalingam has a unique vantage point from which to identify the key principles that can enable anyone to use stress...

THE INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER FEATURING INTERVIEWS WITH DR ANTHONY FAUCI, DAME SALLY DAVIES AND DR JIM DOWN For every doctor there is that one patient, whose story touches them in a way they didn’t expect, changing their entire outlook on life. This inspiring and deeply moving book is the...

From the founder of Mary’s Meals and the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Shed That Fed a Million Children, Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow travels the world encountering startling acts of charity and the power of generosity. Few people in the world are better placed to understand the role of...

"Return to your rest, my soul, for the LORD has been good to you." – Psalm 116:7 When you feel your soul being afflicted with anxiety and turmoil, return to Scripture to find rest. Listening to the books of Psalms and Proverbs enhanced with peaceful nature sounds in the background will restore...

Young and idealistic, Tori Hogan travels to Kenya as an intern for Save the Children, intent upon doing her part to improve the lives of refugees. But the cynicism of a young African boy changes Tori’s life and sets her on a course to reconsider everything she thought she knew about helping those in need. Years later, Tori returns to Africa and embarks on a journey through Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda, searching for the truth about what does and does not work in international aid.

Many, if not most, international NGOs say they want to ‘localise’, to promote greater leadership and delivery by local and national actors. But are they serious and do they know how to do it? This book presents ten lessons on localisation from the author’s 25 year career to date, working in and on NGOs in the development, humanitarian and climate sectors. These lessons are based on the author’s practice on the ground with NGOs and at global level as a donor representative, as well as her in-depth original field research. While written in an accessible style for the benefit of ...

Care to have a good command of spoken English? If you’re willing to, look no further. You’re in good hands now! As a matter of fact, listening comes on top of the list when it comes to mastering a second language (this is how we learned our first language in the first place). Thus, exposing ourselves to extended periods of audible language input can never be underestimated. Besides, if we’re keen to take our spoken English to the next level, we are expected to focus on the language as a whole. In other words, it pays to study the grammar, the vocabulary, the phrasal verbs, the idioms ...

Empty Hands is the inspiring memoir of Zulu nurse and healthcare activist Sister Abegail Ntleko. Growing up poor in a rural village with a father who didn't believe in educating girls, against seemingly insurmountable odds Sister Abegail earned her nursing degree and began work as a community...

A collection of one-on-one discussions with 40 of the world’s greatest thought and action leaders and prominent philanthropic figures. THE BUSINESS OF PHILANTHROPY features diverse insights into the power of strategic philanthropy to inform, inspire and mobilise the next generation of social...

The grave is dug, the headstone carved, the hearse idling out front. A once-potent political and cultural scourge of our time, Liberalism, is breathing its last?and loudest?breaths. In this provocative postmortem, R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. traces the dubious rise and inevitable fall of the deeply...

WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE WINNER OF IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE ‘The most important work of contemporary reporting I have ever read’ SALLY ROONEY The Western world has turned its back on refugees, fuelling one of the most devastating human rights...

Inspire your little one to follow their dreams with simple, engaging stories about talented people through history, to listen to at home or on the go. Some of the most influential people in history started out as little dreamers with something they wanted to change. With their unique ideas and...