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The world at a turning point. Will philanthropy rise to the task of the moment?
The world today stands on the edge of a precipice – faced with a confluence of severe crises including deepening poverty and inequality, a looming ecological disaster, heightened risk of nuclear warfare, recurring natural disasters …
Re-Imagining Pan-African and Feminist Philanthropies Indaba 2023 kicks off in Naivasha, Kenya
The world is on fire. There is no more denying what we are seeing and what we are experiencing. Whether we are reeling from the impact of the climate crisis in Brazil, or the compounded …
World Economic Forum initiative hopes to generate $3tn a year for climate action
The World Economic Forum has launched an initiative to generate $3 trillion a year by leveraging philanthropic and public capital to tackle climate change and nature loss. Giving to Amplify Earth Action, or GAEA, is …
Kenya’s wealthy pouring funds into impact investing
Kenyans are giving more money to philanthropy than ever before, as the number of the nation’s wealthy individuals grows by the day. ‘Dollar millionaires’, so called because one’s wealth is equivalent to or more than …
New initiative maps key philanthropic actors across West Africa
TrustAfrica and WINGS came together at the end of 2022 for a two-day workshop focused on strengthening the West African philanthropy support ecosystem. The initiative was run in partnership with the Global Fund for Community …
Reversing the fortunes of ‘orphans’ in Kenya
Have you ever donated to an orphanage? Maybe you’ve been inspired by stories of helpless, hungry orphans fending for themselves being ‘saved’ by a benevolent institution. If you haven’t donated to an orphanage yourself, you …
Changing the humanitarian mindset: From helping people in need, to protecting people at risk
Humanitarian funding needs fundamental reform. The increasing number and intensity of disasters requiring humanitarian assistance, combined with the financial conditions facing national governments, will result in a greater demand for philanthropic intervention that the traditional …
Resilience is not the goal – systems change is
Occasionally, the development ‘industry’ can send me into full-on ‘grumpy old man’ mode – and some of the patronising ill-informed programming around ‘resilience’ is an example of why. The excellent discussions facilitated by colleagues from …
IKEA gives $10.1m to Kenyan and American nonprofit empowering communities vulnerable to climate change
IKEA Foundation has awarded BOMA, a Kenya and US-based non-profit, a grant of $10.1 million to support the organization’s innovative approach to alleviating poverty in regions severely impacted by climate change. ‘We are excited to …
