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The African aid charity intent on putting itself out of business

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society...aidanddevelopment.voluntarysector

Excerpt:

...if there is one lesson I have learned, it is the success of a charity like ours should not be measured by growth and scale, but by how close it is to shutting down.

AfriKids' staff in Ghana have had to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles, physical and cultural, in their aim to deal with the symptoms and causes of societal issues and the lack of rights for children in northern Ghana. They have done so by developing community-led, pragmatic solutions and their successes have been recognised by numerous awards, including the International Service Award for Human Rights in 2007.

But perhaps their greatest challenge lies in taking their pragmatic approach to the next level and working to make the organisation completely sustainable and independent of western funding.