Author Archives: Fran Equiza

Cash not food – Giving choices to the Poor People

Posted on 03/05/2013 by Fran Equiza

Recently I was invited to a Ted X Barcelona Change Talk, where I proposed a major disruption in the way aid is managed.  In brief I proposed that we move away from food aid and substitute food with cash. Especially in … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Cash Transfers, Entrepreunership, Food, Horn of Africa Crisis, Humanitarian, Resilience | 3 Comments

What has Aid ever done to anyone?

Posted on 19/03/2013 by Fran Equiza

Apart from…. Fran Equiza @BeyondTheTribe

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Turkana is awakening

Posted on 05/02/2013 by Fran Equiza

They say necessity is a mother of invention and albeit any human being faced with challenges, will tap into the inner strength and knowhow reinventing themselves so as to survive or probably thrive with the changing dynamics. Last week I … Continue reading →

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Summary of my tweets in Turkana

Posted on 28/01/2013 by Fran Equiza

Thanks to Makarand Sahasrabuddhe, colleague but more important a friend, here you may find a summary of my tweets in Turkana. [View the story "Fran in Turkana" on Storify] Fran Equiza

Posted in Kenya, Resilience | 1 Comment

Alice in Nightmareland

Posted on 15/09/2012 by Fran Equiza

Alice was beginning to get very tired; Not , but not of because of just sitting by her sister on the bank while she was reading a book with no pictures. Actually, like her sister, Alice could not read. In … Continue reading →

Posted in DRC, Humanitarian, Women | 4 Comments

This can’t be hence it is going to change…

Posted on 18/06/2012 by Fran Equiza

That pearl of wisdom came from a taxi driver yesterday in Barcelona. He did it as a conclusion of a conversation we had around politics, economy, religion, poverty….basically a typical taxi conversation, with no football by the way. Today, while … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Society, Governance, Politics | 1 Comment

We don’t do politics!

Posted on 14/06/2012 by Fran Equiza

For a number of reasons I’ve been working over the last few weeks on how to handle the shrinkage of the civil society space. I can see it happening in many countries. While thinking about it, I am also dealing … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Society, Governance, Politics | 2 Comments

Mali, a businesswoman story

Posted on 01/05/2012 by Fran Equiza

Five weeks ago, I was in Mali. At that time, we were talking about the Sahel food crisis which had the potential to become a huge tragedy if not addressed on time. It was just a short time back but … Continue reading →

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If Americans want to live the American dream they should go to Denmark!

Posted on 02/11/2011 by Fran Equiza

I have been collecting data to write about  Inequality for long time. No one can argue that Inequality is not a central issue in Development and Humanitarian work. In fact is also central in moral and politics. In the last … Continue reading →

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The future of food; shortages in the production and injustice in the distribution

Posted on 16/10/2011 by Fran Equiza

Demand for food is projected to rise by 50% in 2030.  However, the world consumed more food than it produced in seven of the 8 years between 2000 and 2008 and rates of productivity growth driven by the “Green Revolution” … Continue reading →

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