RISE: Solutions to Extreme Poverty in Rural Villages
Welcome to RISE: Solution to Extreme Poverty in Rural Villages. I'm Wade Griffith from Shanta Village Partners, and I'm joined by my co-host Jaipreet Kaur from All We Can. This Podcast is a space for practitioners, funders, change makers, and anyone committed to eliminating extreme poverty to share their passion and knowledge on long-term approaches to rural development that center on community leadership. Each episode features practical strategies, lessons learned, and case studies from initiatives that are re-balancing power, prioritizing local knowledge, and building systems that last. At RISE, we're committed to advancing community-led development and rethinking the role of international actors through a decolonial lens. Special thanks to Fort Lewis College's radio station, KDUR, for their recording expertise and live airing of RISE.
Episodes
36 episodes
Episode 36
In this episode of RISE, we examine the impact of shifting global funding priorities, including the loss of USAID support, on rural development efforts. Through firsthand experience, this conversation explores how communities and organizations ...
Episode 35
Wade and Jai sit down with Sudhanshu Shekhar Singh, founder of Humanitarian Aid International, to rethink what development really means. Together they ask: Does true progress require consumption and materialism, or can we define devleopment in ...
Episode 34
What if the most powerful development leaders are the villages themselves? This episode highlights Shanta’s Villages Leading Villages pilot and the shared approach Shanta and All We Can take to peer-led development and women’s empowerment.
Episode 33
Meet Janet Nyoni, Program Manager in Zambia with the People's Action Forum, Shanta's partner on the ground, implementing life-changing work through true community-led development. How does she empower the people of these rural areas to believe ...
Episode 32
In this episode, Wade Griffith and Jaipreet Kaur speak with Mwesigye Kwarimpa-Atim, Uganda Country Representative for All We Can. Together, they explore how locally led development, capacity-building, and long-term partnership can create lastin...
Episode 31
Who's developing who? Wade and Jai discuss what constitutes successful community-led development.
Episode 30
Jai and Wade introduce guest speaker, Tom Menjor, Country Representative in Sierra Leone. What does genuine partnership look like? Let's listen.https://www.allwecan.org.uk/team_member/tom-menjor/
Episode 29
Wade and Jai delve into mental health in the rural areas where both Shanta and All We Can operate, with limited access to help and support for mental health needs. Wade shares an update on a recent project that implemented a robust water/solar ...
Episode 28
Wade continued his conversation with Jaipreet Kaur, RISE's new co-host, and the Executive Head of Philanthropy and Public Engagement of All We Can, an international relief and development movement based in the UK.https://www.allwecan.org...
Episode 27
Wade met with Jaipreet Kaur, the Executive Head of Philanthropy and Public Engagement of All We Can, an international relief and development movement based in the UK, to discuss the foundations of community-led development. https://...
Episode 26
Wade continues his conversation with Gunjan Veda, the Global Secretary and Executive Director of the Movement for Community-Led Development (MCLD US).https://mcld.org/
Episode 25
Wade spoke with Gunjan Veda, the Global Secretary and Executive Director of hte Movement for Community-Led Development (MCLD US).https://mcld.org/
Episode 24
Wade talks with Tandana Foundation's founding director, Anna Taft, about her book, Climbing Together. https://tandanafoundation.org/
Episode 23
Wade welcomes back Tandana Foundation's founding director, Anna Taft, to chat about Tandana's programming. https://tandanafoundation.org/
Episode 22
Wade talks with Tandana Foundation's founding director, Anna Taft, about DIY charitable work.https://tandanafoundation.org/
Episode 21
With new political leaders comes change. Wade examines immigration, immigration policy, and international development.
Episode 20
Continuation of a discussion between Wade and Jonathan Prosser of Compassion UK.
Episode 19
Wade welcomes Jonathan Prosser, Director of Innovation Lab for Compassion UK. The two discuss how to utilize innovation to reach more people, alleviating extreme poverty and working to create sustainable change.
Episode 18
Meet Stella Potemkin- Shanta's first Development Intern. Stella shares her experiences working in the Mazabuka region with our implementing partner on the ground, People's Action Forum.
Episode 17
Wade introduces Laurie Williams, Professor of Engineering and one of the leaders of the Village Aid Project at Fort Lewis College. VAP addresses infrastructure needs in impoverished regions.
Episode 16
Just back from Zambia, Wade talks about the time spent with Fort Lewis College's Village Aid Project where students installed water systems and bridges.
Episode 15
Wade talked to Fort Lewis College engineering students, Sage Slater and Aubrey Peterson who went to Zambia to install water systems and bridges in our partner villages in Mazabuka.
Episode 14
Wade shares how the partnership with Fort Lewis College's Village Aid Project went on the recent infrastructure project implementation.