Re-imagining development: The case of Uganda
In 2021, Ugandan civil society was being beaten on multiple fronts. As the pandemic forced lock-downs, the country faced simultaneous ...
“Everyone has power – how to unleash and unlock it is what matters” – Wilde Ganzen
In this interview we speak with Kees de Jong, Director of Wilde Ganzen in the Netherlands. Wilde Ganzen supports community-based ...
“It’s about moving away from a cold, prescriptive way of looking at the world” – Global Fund for Community Foundations
In this Q&A Ese Emerhi, Global Network Weaver at the GFCF, reflects on the emergence of community philanthropy as a ...
“Donors should move beyond activity-based support” – West Africa Civil Society Institute
In this interview we speak with Charles Kojo Vandyck, Head of the Capacity Development Unit at the West Africa Civil ...
“We need to stop being organizations and institutions and just be people trying to make change” – Uganda National NGO Forum
In this interview we speak with Sarah Pacutho, Coordinator – Philanthropy for Development Programme at the Uganda National NGO Forum ...
“It is possible to do development differently” – STAR Ghana Foundation
In 2018, STAR Ghana began a two-year transition from a multi-donor funded programme to an independent Ghanaian-owned and led national ...
“Giving us the reins to drive our own development path” – MICAIA Foundation
In this interview we speak with Milagre Nuvunga, the Co-Founder and Executive Director of MICAIA Foundation, a non-profit organization (NGO) ...
“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 ...
“#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 ...
“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 ...
“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 ...
“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 ...
