CESE reinforces its support to projects and fundraising campaigns helping movements to resist the pandemic

Latin America has achieved the global distinction of being the current epicentre of the pandemic – and, according to the World Health Organization, Brazil is the country of greatest concern. This is because in the beginning of July, the country surpassed 50,000 deaths from coronavirus, with a record number of 1.7 million infected people according to WHO. Only four other countries have passed this total; the United States, the United Kingdom, and Italy. >>

India Shares; Responding to Vulnerable Communities During Covid-19

Smile Foundation, a partner of Change the Game Academy in India launched a campaign dubbed ‘India Shares’ in March following the declaration of the Corona Virus pandemic and the ensuing lockdown in the country. This was set up primarily to respond to the needs of the most vulnerable populations in their community during a time when the whole world is facing the COVID-19 pandemic. Gloria Chemutai caught up with Swatantra Gupta, the General Manager, Corporate Partnerships & Alliances at the Foundation to share more about how they are coping during this time while giving tips of how organisations can emerge stronger. Read on... >>

Supporting CSOs to be Resilient Amidst [and Post] Covid-19

Despite the ease of some of the restrictions introduced in March by most West Africa governments to stem the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), major restrictions including public gatherings, physical distancing, freedom of movement, which limit civil society’s operations in the region (social and civic services) are still in place. The situation is more alarming with the rapidly increasing number of cases in Africa after the continent hit 200,000 cases in the week of 8th June. As a result, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned that the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating in Africa and stressed that it took 98 days for Africa to reach the first 100,000 cases, and only 18 days to move to 200,000 cases. >>

Digital Transformation: Shifting CtGA Training Online and Adapting to the Pandemic

Just like the situation was in many countries across the world, the month of March brought with it what looked like a bleak future for many civil society organisations (CSOs) in Tanzania. The COVID-19 pandemic struck and immediately ‘normal’ was disrupted and organizations were left thinking of how to adapt fast. >>

Disrupt Development Podcast: ShiftThePower Debate

The call to change the balance of power in development cooperation is getting louder and louder. It is time for more local ownership of the global agenda. The development community has been talking about this for decades now, but what has changed? In this new Podcast series of Disrupt Development Alexander Medic unpacks the #ShiftThePower debate with great minds. >>

Newsletter: Navigating Covid-19 for Civil Society Organisations

Our latest newsletter is here! In this edition, we delve deeper into how Civil Society Organisations can manoeuvre through the Covid- 19 crisis. In the articles, read about how CSOs can adapt for their long term impact and viability. Besides, another insightful piece poses the all-important question of whether CSOs are prepared enough for the future beyond covid-19. Additionally, we introduce our new toolkits on crisis management and communication and how these can help your organisation through a crisis. Read on. >>

Club de Fundraising in collaboration with CtGA is encouraging actions to provide support and resources to the CSO community of Spanish speaking countries to manage the pandemic crisis. In March 2020 they began a set of pieces of training (workshops, clinics, micro-courses on social media and intense activities in all their channels and developing a sequence on Instagram Lives (first one to MSF head of massive campaigns in Argentina and a second one with Miguel Farfan, responsible for individual donors in Unicef México). >>

Webinar: Crisis Management for Fundraising & Engagement

An Introduction to Crisis Management for Fundraising & Engagement with a Global Perspective; The Coronavirus will undoubtedly affect the way we operate as NGOs in every corner of the planet.  Fundraising and engagement programs have to adapt to a new reality in a smart and fast way. >>

Local Fundraising Skills to the Rescue in Ghana as Pandemic Rages

Before the outbreak of COVID-19, resource mobilisation remained a serious challenge for CSOs in the West African region. This has become more evident as the pandemic rages. As donors suspend funding programmes, community-based organisations are seeing their operations and existence threatened. Despite this state of affairs, some civil society organisations (CSOs) in Ghana can now access the resources they require to meet the needs of their beneficiaries affected by COVID-19. >>

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. >>