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#Solvable: Post-Conflict Trauma

The Rockefeller Foundation Sep 8, 2019
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Giving Compass’ Take:

· This #Solvable podcast from The Rockefeller Foundation features Victor Ochen discussing treatment options for victims traumatized by terror and conflict. 

· What role can philanthropy play in addressing this issue?

· Check out this article about healing self and society from trauma.


Post-conflict trauma is #Solvable. Victor Ochen explains how we can facilitate the healing process for victims of terror and conflict by treating both physical and emotional wounds and embracing leadership that chooses peace.

Victor Ochen is the Founder and Executive Director for the African Youth Initiative Network (AYINET) which has provided reconstructive medical repair to over 21,000 war victims of rape, mutilation, and gun shots. He also serves as the UN Goodwill Ambassador for Peace and Justice and is the first Ugandan and youngest ever African nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2015.

Read the full article about post-conflict trauma at The Rockefeller Foundation.

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Impact Philanthropy is a complex topic, and others found these selections from the Impact Giving archive from Giving Compass to be good resources.

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    Approaching Philanthropy with a Beginner’s Mind

    Giving Compass' Take: • This post from The Philanthropic Initiative poses "beginner's mind" questions for both veterans of philanthropy and newcomers alike that challenge preconceived notions. • No matter how long one has been in the nonprofit sector, it's always worth looking at things from a different perspective. How can we come up with more innovative solutions? • Here are 4 steps you can take to maximize the impact of your philanthropy. At The Philanthropic Initiative (TPI), we experience and witness the power of the beginner’s mind on a regular basis. Some donors come to us with ambitious goals but are overwhelmed by the complexity of issues they’d like to address, and by the challenge of defining a strategy that will create deep-rooted change in the world leading to impact philanthropy. We also strive to approach every situation with a beginner’s mind — an attitude of openness and lack of preconceptions about solutions to social problems — and we encourage our clients to do the same. Through TPI Idea Labs and other approaches, we help our clients think big, ask the right questions, and consider ideas that may contradict conventional wisdom, and thus get at their own right answers as they work to create unique and powerful legacies. As you consider launching or ramping up your own philanthropic endeavors in the future, consider a few of these approaches and envision where they might take you: Find out what the future is asking you. Take one step at a time. Use your "don't know" mind. Don’t pre-judge. Look at experience from fresh perspectives. Think long-term, knowing there will be adjustments along the way. In closing, I’d like to offer a comment from Stanford scholar and prognosticator, Lucy Bernholz, whose Blueprint 2018 is fresh in the minds of many as we move further into the new year. Bernholz makes the case that the three powers shaping our communities are our governments, our markets, and our civil society and that the third has been squeezed into a minor role over the past few decades. This third sphere, driven largely by philanthropy, is arguably more critical than ever, and in need of strengthening and expansion as we meet the future. Read the full article about approaching philanthropy with a beginner's mind by Leslie Pine at The Philanthropic Initiative. 


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