What’s better than bureaucracy?
Not all change starts with formal organisation. Sometimes it starts with a new generation taking the digital reins. In October 2020, Nigeria’s youth began an …
Building bridges between the #ShiftThePower and agroecology movements – join us for an online conversation on 11 March
Knowledge justice (or epistemic justice) is present when all people are equally acknowledged as knowledge holders, and their diverse ways of knowing and creating knowledge …
Celebrating community-led development – the EPIC Africa CSO Awards 2026
Every day across Africa, civil society champions do the essential work of helping people, making their voices heard and protecting human rights.
Upcoming event: Rethinking funding models to build autonomy
What’s the real difference between traditional donor-driven funding and community philanthropy models? And why does it matter for communities? This webinar will be a research-backed …
Stories for Change Online Festival – live on 15 January 2026!
If you believe that this is community philanthropy’s moment, don’t miss the Stories for Change Online Festival on 15 January 2026! Stories for Change is …
How Zamkanda is reimagining Zambia’s waste
Just beyond the city limits of Lusaka, the Chunga landfill sprawls across 24 hectares. It’s more than a final resting place for the city’s trash; it’s an active source of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas seeping into the atmosphere. Most people look away. But Barbara Nöst, co-founder of Zamkanda, looked closer and wondered: what if the very waste creating this problem held the key to solving it?
Climate change isn’t someone else’s problem, it’s ours – but the language is confusing
Expressions such as the need to “limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius” leave us feeling confused and inadequate. The same goes for other terms such as “mitigation pathways, NDCs and Paris alignment.”
Turning power on its head, a reverse call for applications
In November of 2010 eight young feminists from Africa, Asia, The Middle East, Latin America, the Caribbean, The United States, and Eastern Europe gathered in Beirut, Lebanon to envision what would become FRIDA | The Young Feminist Fund.
Relationships as the real infrastructure – reflections on the GFCF Community Philanthropy Symposium
In October 2025, I spent two weeks in Nairobi, Kenya, as part of the #ShiftThePower Fellowship. The first week was the GFCF’s Community Philanthropy Symposium at …
The battle for democracy has intensified online
After two weeks of massive Gen Z-led protests that toppled Nepal’s government, a right-wing political activist Durga Parsai released a video accusing Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) of orchestrating …