Humanizing Social Development — Lessons from the Bees

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In September this year a group of social impact leaders from Southern countries gathered in Istanbul for what would have been one of the most significant experiences of my life. Our hosts, the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network, (AVPN) invited us to grapple with social impact issues from a Southern perspective, creating a platform for activists and practitioners on grassroots level to share learnings and be in conversation with each other. We shared the goal of voicing insights from the South, that does not often reach the ears of the dominant Northern systems.