Last Mile Learning provides free, contextualized learning resources to professionals working in the development and relief sectors. Last Mile Learning is an initiative of LINGOs, a non-profit organization that promotes sustainable global development by building the capacity of the people delivering programs around the world. The Last Mile Learning facilitator resources are free and open source.
Each course in the Last Mile Learning includes a set of curricular materials that can be used by facilitators to lead face-to-face workshops or facilitated on-line training events (in both blended asynchronous or blended synchronous formats).
Courses relate to:
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People Management
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Project Management
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| Coaching | Projects in the Development Sector |
| Harassment Prevention | Project Identification and Design |
| Selection Interviewing | Project Set Up |
| Delegation | Project Planning |
| Performance Management | Project Implentation |
| Managing through Meaningful Conversations | Project Monitoring, Evaluation and Control |
| End of Project Transition |
I’m quite excited about this initiative and these materials. I haven’t checked the materials out fully, but I’ve worked with LINGOS and know it’s a credible organization.
If you complete a course:
- blog about it
- share that you did so on your CV and LinkedIn profile
- share it on your social networks (Twitter, Facebook, etc.)
- make sure your employer knows, if you think they would want to know that you are engaged in professional development activities
I have BA in Rural Development Department and working at save the Children international,Ethiopia Programme as Food Monitor and i need free online course to support the poor of our intervention areas
That’s great, Mesfin – which online course will you be taking?
hi .. I have a Master degree in International human rights and social justice and is looking for online courses to develop my skills .. i’m looking for a course on projects in NGOs how to set them up and write proposals and work to achieve them .. can you offer something to me
>>i’m looking for a course on projects in NGOs how to set them up
You don’t say what country you are in. How to set up an NGO in one country is different than in another. For instance, nonprofits in the USA are set up very differently than charities in the UK, and even the way they are legally allowed to engage and talk about volunteers is vastly different. A book or web site specific to your country will be better than a course for all that you need to do to set up an NGO. I have a page that offers VERY basic info that should be valid in any country:
http://www.coyotecommunications.com/development/startingngo.shtml
>>write proposals
There are lots of courses on grant writing. Any Internet search will help you find them. They are expensive, but worth it. Again, books can also help. I have a page on the very basics of writing proposals for fundraising
http://www.coyotecommunications.com/outreach/grants.html
>>and work to achieve them
Project management is an entirely different discipline than the previous actions. If you have a Masters Degree in International Human Rights and Social Justice, then project management – design, goal setting, evaluation – should have been at the heart of the entire degree.