Degan Ali

Degan Ali is the executive director of Adeso, where she leads development and humanitarian efforts. Degan is a strategic thinker with over 15 years experience designing and managing food security, livelihoods, and water, sanitation and hygiene programs in some of the poorest, most fragile countries in Africa. Under her leadership, Adeso has become a pioneer in using cash programming to deliver aid to vulnerable populations.

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Localizing aid means more lives saved

over 10 years ago // Degan Ali on aid localization

The humanitarian system needs to be reoriented toward a more localized approach that supports and facilitates community-level relief and recovery efforts. A global network of southern NGOs might just be the much-needed step toward this goal, Adeso's executive director writes in this exclusive commentary.

Thank you — now it's our turn

about 11 years ago // Degan Ali on aid localization

In future development programs, local civil society and NGOs must become genuine partners — especially in regions where governments are weak or non-existent — and not just pipelines and implementers. A guest opinion by Degan Ali, executive director of Adeso, a Kenya-based nonprofit that works all across Africa.

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