In order to be successful, NGOs must "remove the binoculars and put on a kaleidoscope," said Stephan Bognar, executive director of the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation (MJP), in an interview with ECSP. "Although we have thousands of NGOs out there, we need to start working as one team, one voice, to implement development programs. Otherwise, we are still going to be in a poverty trap." The Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation is a Cambodia-based conservation NGO founded by Angelina Jolie in 2003 with the mission of eradicating extreme rural poverty, protecting natural resources, and conserving wildlife. MJP takes an integrated approach to rural development, combining community-based health, education, agriculture, and development projects with park conservation projects to best serve communities and their environment. Read the full post on The New Security Beat: www.newsecuritybeat.org
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