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What happens when an NGO admits failure

International aid groups make the same mistakes over and over again. David Damberger analyzes his own engineering failure in India -- and calls for his friends in the development sector to publicly admit, scrutinize and learn from their missteps.

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International aid groups make the same mistakes over and over again. David Damberger analyzes his own engineering failure in India -- and calls for his friends in the development sector to publicly admit, scrutinize and learn from their missteps.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxYYC, an independent event. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

Read more about TEDx.

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David Damberger

Engineer, Social Entrepreneur

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David Damberger’s work with Engineers Without Borders has taken him from communities in India to Southern Africa to help build infrastructure -- and learn.

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