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Scoops Yanyema's remarkable mindset shift: Local Fundraising takes center stage

This inspiring story from Burkina Faso serves as a testimony to the power of community-driven initiatives and showcases how a change in mindset can empower organisations to overcome obstacles and make a lasting impact. >>

Upcoming training on Local Fundraising

Empowering Grassroots initiative of Smile Foundation organizes another Local Fundraising Training. >>

Women's Development Organization (WDO) Empowers Asian Muslim Women Union in Sri Lanka

The Women's Development Organization (WDO) has been instrumental in strengthening the Asian Muslim Women's Union (AMWU). To strengthen the Union, they launched an awareness, organising and mobilisation campaign, which resulted in AMWU being registered as a civil society organisation. Learn more about this remarkable story in Sri Lanka. >>

10 years of Change the Game Academy – Let’s celebrate!

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the programme, we are offering a 90% discount on all certificates. >>

Ushirika School giving children in Kibera a chance at quality education

David Kitavi, founder of Youth Development Forum (YDF), was able to put its fundraising skills gained with Change the Game Academy, to practice by raising resources for an ECDE (Early Childhood Education Classroom), and help children in Kibera to having a better future. >>

Strengthen the Roots: local organisations become drivers of change

Trainings in three countries on three different continents. That is how the Strengthen the Roots project, developed by Wilde Ganzen and IUCN NL, started in autumn 2022, with the goal to protect the habitat and natural resources of as many as 1 million persons. >>

Kihyo Community on local fundraising: a success story from online learners

Luke Bwambale Musubaho, fundraiser at Kihyo Community Development Forum, was in the middle of the online Local Fundraising course of the Change the Game Academy. To bring theory into practice, he decided to raise funds for a community meeting with the local authorities to discuss community problems and possible solutions. Read his success story! >>

The “Music Extravaganza” of St. Joseph the Worker Parish in Kenya

Over the years, the Catholic parish presented great initiatives that impacted the community on a large scale, but donors and partners were constantly dropping activities and reducing funding. The fundraising officer figured out a new alternative and created a music show, which raised funds and increased brand awareness about the organisation. >>

Fundraising tips in your hand: Change the Game Academy introduces your new app

Get ready to access resources on fundraising anytime, anywhere, at your convenience, and without internet access. >>

Baraka Women center's successful female entrepreneurship

What if your organisation ran out of funding from one moment to the next? This is what happened with Baraka Women’s Center, a Kenyan organisation that supports vulnerable and disadvantaged women living in the slums of Nairobi and its environments. Left without funding, the leadership figured out an alternative and started a successful fashion brand. >>