Rain Barrel Communications is pleased to announce the appointment of Paula Claycomb as Director. She joins Paul Hoeffel and Robert David Cohen, former senior UN communication officers, prize-winning journalists and social activists, who founded Rain Barrel in 2008. Paula has been serving since 2014 as Project Manager and team member on work ranging from increasing public demand for immunization in Moldova to decreasing violence against children in Cambodia. “Paula’s approach to social change is rigorous technically and ethically at all levels, from families and communities to Presidents and Prime Ministers,” Robert and Paul said. “She revels in engaging with people one-on-one and finding common ground as the point of departure for making change.”
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On May 10, 2017, Rain Barrel Communications and PCI Media Impact organized a seminar in NYC featuring well-known author and Program Evaluation expert Dr. Saville Kushner*. It was attended by 25 international development professionals from UN agencies and NGOs. Entitled “Reality, Rights & Democracy: Three Casualties of M & E”, this very lively, provocative event looked “outside the box” to examine the political, ethical and practical implications of the imperative to “get results” in development projects, during this period of rising challenges to program initiatives and multilateral cooperation.
Read MoreEarly this year we let you know that ECPAT called on Rain Barrel to provide support in documenting the first ever forum for adult survivors of childhood sexual exploitation. It took place in November 2016 at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. Now we want to share the completed video with you, produced by Rain Barrel Associates Markus Stoeffel and Georg Steinböck with support from the Council of Europe.
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