Quest for Human Dignity
Solutions to hunger, poverty, disease and inequality are possible through strategic programs. Read More
We know that when women are empowered, families are healthier, more children go to school, incomes increase and lives improve. Read More
The end of hunger by 2030 is possible. Read More
My passion is to be able to do everything on my chromebook. Sometimes I do have to go back to my 2010 Macbook to deal with obsolete media, but I really shouldn’t have to… Chromebrew should be able to load the command-line packages I need… until full Linux capability comes to my Chromebook. Here is… Read More
UPDATE: per changes in gcloud Ok – my new best friend is Chromebrew – a lightweight package manager that lets you run linux programs in Chromebook developer mode without having to install a whole operating system. I needed it because (a) I develop and deploy code from my chromebook using github and Google’s Cloudshell virtual linux machine… Read More
UNDER CONSTRUCTION AS I GO… My latest adventure has been trying to create a staff directory for my organization’s GSuite user directory. There are commercial versions available, but all are both expensive and don’t do what I need. This dives me into the somewhat complex world of OAuth authentication and the google API. There is… Read More
[Under Construction] I have recently decided to move our code base from Bootstrap 3 to Pure CSS. Pure is a very light-weight CSS framework that does not depend on JavaScript and so has advantages for areas with poor bandwidth. I am new to it, so this is what I’ve learned. Not ready out of the box. While… Read More
As Locus members, we are committed to integrated programming, but why? And why does it seem to be such an uphill struggle in a world where the prevailing development paradigm is dominated by top-down, narrowly focused, short-term interventions? The most important reason to pursue integrated programming is that it works for women. Women living in… Read More
By Gregory Adams, Locus Women and girls provide much of the labor and talent that makes our communities work. But they routinely don’t get the pay, opportunities or esteem that men do. International Women’s Day forces us to pay special attention to the variety of challenges that women and girls face, particularly in the world… Read More
The Locus coalition has named Gregory Adams as its new director. Adams joins the coalition from Oxfam America where he most recently served as director of the organization’s aid effectiveness team and global aid policy lead. Read More
Integrated development, which intentionally combines multisectoral approaches to address complex development challenges, is gaining in reputation and popularity. As more programs around the globe use integrated approaches, researchers, development practitioners and other aid professionals need guidance on how to measure the impact of these approaches. FHI 360’s integrated development team, with support from the Bill… Read More
I love my Chromebook, and the whole idea of cloud computing. It’s great to have a single-login to GSuite (formerly Google Apps), and custom web-apps that easily integrate. But coding on my Chromebook has been — well — awkward. There are a number of Cloud-based IDEs (Cloud9, Codenvy), but none that really integrate well with… Read More
By Sreya Panuganti With the Sustainable Development Goals nearing their one-year anniversary, the global community continues to strive toward eradicating poverty by 2030. In order to achieve this ambitious target, many international development practitioners are embracing a more holistic approach to development, combining traditionally single-sector programming, like health or environment work, into more comprehensive efforts.… Read More
