We are joined today by global nonprofit leader Gaston Warner who is the Global North CEO of Zoe Empowers. Gaston talks with Brandon Stiver and Phil Darke about their work among vulnerable families, especially child and youth headed households. Over the years, our show has talked a lot about the need for kids to be raised in families and communities and in this episode we learn about a comprehensive model that emphasizes the children's agency to overcome poverty. We talk empowerment, data, promising practices and it's an episode our orphan care diehards don't want to miss.

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Conversation Notes

• Understanding the reality of child and youth headed households in the Global South
• The empowerment model started by a Rwandan practitioner - how it works and how it's applied across countries
• Intentionally limiting partnerships and what it looks like for both beneficiaries and donors
• Defining the buzzword "empowerment" within global development
• The importance of integrating child rights throughout programming

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