News & Inspiration

"We're sitting on a gold mine and we didn't know it."

One participant shared with a group at an in-person Change the Game Academy Local Fundraising training, "We're sitting on a gold mine and we didn't know it." Participants learn they can tap into a very local environment to raise donations. >>

International Women's Day and a new module on gender

"If you really want to develop society, you cannot imagine an equitable and just society without gender inclusivity in the development process." >>

Accredited certificates now available

After finishing any module, you can now purchase a personal certificate accredited by the NCOI University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. The e-course on Local Fundraising is also endorsed by the The Resource Alliance, a global network for fundraisers, and the e-ecourse on Mobilising Support is endorsed by CIVICUS, global alliance for civil society. >>

Responding to Community Needs: CSOs Interventions in Brazil

The civil society in Brazil is facing a difficult moment during this Covid-19 pandemic period as it discharges its mandate toward easing the grip of the disease on the community. Nevertheless, it has managed to give direct and indirect assistance to vulnerable communities across the country specifically addressing urgent issues including food security, health and information. >>

Adapting to Covid-19 for CSOs' Long Term Impact and Viability

The past decade has seen considerable changes in civil society dynamics in Africa, with reductions in traditional forms of funding. In the middle-income countries shrinking space for civil society has been witnessed in many contexts and hence eliciting questions around the legitimacy and accountability of organizations dependent on aid investment. >>

Beyond the Lock down, a future beckons. Are you ready?

Article 3 of the UN’s Universal declaration of human rights states that “everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person”. Pandemics such as the Covid-19 outbreak heavily impact our right to ‘life and physical security’ and therefore to fight them, governments around the globe are obliged and even entitled to take radical steps to stop such and protect their citizens. Temporarily this may limit our other rights such as the right to liberty and security in the broader sense of the declaration, nonetheless whilst lifting these rights authorities should be aware that this can only be temporary and that the balance between the rights should be restored as soon as reasonably possible. >>

Navigating Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic for CSOs: Innovatively Fundraising Online

As we all try to navigate the coronavirus pandemic, every NGO, CBO or SHG is thinking how to emerge stronger thereafter. How do you continue fundraising if it is not business as usual around the world?You may find this toolkit on crowdfunding useful during this time. Crowdfunding is simply the practice of fundraising for an organisation, project or cause through a large number of people online. >>

Resource Alliance’s Fundraising online 2020 (#FRO2020) Conference

Over 2,500 people have already registered for Fundraising Online 2020 (#FRO2020), the free online conference from the Resource Alliance taking place on the 29 & 30 April 2020.#FRO2020 offers valuable insight, tools and ideas on how individuals and organisations can innovate and accelerate their social change efforts in the digital world. All sessions will be accompanied by a live Q&A with the speaker giving you the opportunity to learn and engage for free, from anywhere across the globe. >>

An open letter to INGOs who are looking to ‘localise’ their operations

This letter is the product of a protracted, heated, angry and passionate discussion that took place on the #ShiftThePower WhatsApp group last week. Several people on the group had been approached separately by International NGOs who wanted to learn about their experiences in local fundraising and building community philanthropy, but in ways that all felt were ‘extractive.’ These interactions point to the growing trend for INGOs to look further afield for resources to fill the funding gap that many are experiencing. >>

POST-WEBINAR:DOMESTIC RESOURCE MOBILISATION

Thank you for joining our webinar with GPSA on 29th January! In this webinar, we looked into resourcing for civil society and how this contributes to social accountability. The speakers took a systemic look and then brought it down to practice with tips, learned lessons and several success stories of domestic resource mobilization cases in West and East Africa and how they strengthen communities, organisations and influence social accountability. >>