Giving for Change News
Giving for Change News

“We need to focus on how we change mind-sets” – Kenya Community Development Foundation

In this interview, we speak with Susan Githaiga, Director Governance, Philanthropy and Knowledge Management and Caesar Ngule, Programmes Director at the Kenya Community Development Foundation (KCDF), a public philanthropic foundation that supports sustainable community driven development in Kenya.

“#ShiftThePower means looking beyond donors” – Development Expertise Center

In this interview we speak with Berhanu Demissie, Executive Director of the Development Expertise Centre (DEC), a child-centred organization in Ethiopia which works in partnership with grassroots communities, government structures, community-based organizations and donors on civil society strengthening, child rights, gender and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and skills development.

“Our mission is to mobilize people to respond to their own needs” – Dalia Association

In this interview we speak with Lina Ismai’l, Community Programmes Officer at Dalia Association; a community foundation in Palestine whose mission it is to mobilize and properly utilize resources necessary to empower a vibrant, independent and accountable civil society, through community philanthropy and community-controlled grantmaking.

“We should not be seen as contractors or implementers of strategies designed by other actors” – Coordenadoria Ecumênica de Serviço (CESE)

In this interview we speak with Sônia Mota, Executive Director and Viviane Hermida, Project and Training Advisor, at Coordenadoria Ecumênica de Serviço (CESE). CESE is a philanthropic ecumenical organization – formed by six Christian churches – working with grassroots organizations across Brazil to strengthen social justice in the country.  

“Money is power but knowledge is power too” – Brazil Philanthropy Network for Social Justice

In this interview we speak with the Executive Coordinator of the Brazil Philanthropy Network for Social Justice, Graciela Hopstein and Programmes Manager, Betina Sarue. The Network focuses on strengthening Brazilian civil society organizations working on human, racial, gender, socio-environmental, and community development rights through actions aimed at expanding philanthropy for social justice.

“#ShiftThePower is not just about money, it is also about having the will to move together” – Association Burkinabè de Fundraising (ABF)

In this interview we speak with Abdoulaye Sawadogo, Executive Director and Lenie Hoegen Dijkhof, Coach/Consultant, at the Association Burkinabè de Fundraising (ABF). ABF works across Burkina Faso, and specializes in building the capacities of community-based civil society organizations to mobilize support and resources for local development initiatives.