Abstract
Botswana women have historically played very crucial roles in the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) as great partners and gap fillers in national development. Among the most important aspects of founding NGOs organization is the need to train, mentor and transform, and transit from the organization with no doubt about its autonomy and sustainability. This article is informed by a Based on a workshop methodology with a total of twenty women from the USA and Botswana women assembled under the auspices of the Women’s Affairs Department and have occasional meetings since 2008. A key finding from studying the Women’s Founders Collective is that women are socio- culturally groomed to participate in unpaid NGO work even if they have been trained, mentored and make an impact enough to transform organizations and communities they serve. With the advent of the cash economy, the trends of women as key actors in NGOs have changed to include men especially in instances where there are some financial rewards. Regardless of whether key actors are men or female, the need for intensive training, mentorship, transition and transformation can not be overemphasized. This is the gist of the journal article, using women as a point of contact.
Highlights
The focus of this paper is to critically assess the concepts of training, mentorship and transformation as applicable to the Women’s Founders as a viable Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to replicate to the developing countries, based on the focus group discussions with women founders.The key sessions of the workshop that informed this paper were on 1) Starting an Organisation 2) Managing it and 3) Letting it go
The three concepts of training including mentorship, transition and transformation are included in a critique of the three session workshop with a special focus on Botswana women and how they have dominated the NGO sector where work is mainly for passion and charity rather than gainful paid work
The ultimate purpose of this paper is to illuminate the problems associated with lack of training, women as leaders, mentorship and transformation of NGO work where women form the majority
Summary
The focus of this paper is to critically assess the concepts of training, mentorship and transformation as applicable to the Women’s Founders as a viable NGO to replicate to the developing countries, based on the focus group discussions with women founders.The key sessions of the workshop that informed this paper were on 1) Starting an Organisation 2) Managing it and 3) Letting it go. The most important aspect of starting the organization was to first find out who is there, and make efforts to bring and train on board women in rural areas so that the Women’s founders collective is not perceived as an urban NGO It is against this background that the representatives of the Women’s Founders visited Botswana and held a workshop 20th march 2008 to sell the idea of recognizing women as founders of NGOs, empowering those left behind and forming a solid network within which women can be mentored, empowered to engage in transition and transformation of global Women’s founders NGOs. The workshop sessions were very dialogic, informal and gave women an opportunity to share their experiences with NGOs and the need to organize a conference that would bring together women from all walks of life.
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