From rhetoric to reality: an NGO's challenge for reaching the furthest behind. Issue 7 (3rd October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Stanley, Andrew C.; Willms, Dennis; Schuster-Wallace, Corinne; Watt, Susan
• Is Part Of: Development in practice. Volume 27:Issue 7(2017)
• Page Start: 913
• Page End: 926
• Publication Date: 2017-10-03
• Subjects: Civil society – NGOs -- Social sector – HIV/AIDS and sexual health, Water and sanitation -- Gender and diversity -- Sub-Saharan Africa; Technical assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Economic assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; 338.91091724
• DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2017.1350258
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0961-4524

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The guiding principle of Agenda 2030 is the commitment to "leave no one behind". However, as the Millennium Development Goals experience has demonstrated, there remains a "rhetoric-implementation gap" where local stakeholders struggle to realistically respond to policies formulated at the global level. This article proposes a way forward for NGOs seeking to translate the rhetoric of Agenda 2030 into reality. It presents an integrated and multi-sectoral approach to meet the challenges of an NGO working to ameliorate the basic needs of women who are affected by HIV/AIDS and limited WaSH provisions in the impoverished rural community of Lyantonde, Uganda.