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Strengthening an enabling environment for community philanthropy in east africa: research on local resource mobilisation trends

Summary

The study set out to establish models that are working, identify opportunities to grow local resource
mobilization practice and identify the gaps that challenge local resource mobilization in East Africa.
The study was anchored on the following objectives:
1. To examine models that are working, identify opportunities to grow local resource mobilization
practice and identify the gaps that challenge the development of local resource mobilization in East Africa;
2. To establish an expert hub that supports the development of a framework that will build the expertise and knowledge on enabling environment for philanthropy in East Africa;
3. To support the sharing of best practices in local resource mobilization in East Africa towards building and strengthening the narrative of philanthropy in Africa. This is in order to stimulate local giving and inspire others to share their best practices, and in turn, raise awareness and discussions on infrastructure development for local giving.
The study reached out to 150 respondents from Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. 49 of the respondents
responded positively. An analysis of the survey data revealed that 49% of the respondents were from
Kenya, 37% from Tanzania and 14% from Uganda respectively.

Review by Wilde Ganzen

The results of this study, well-summarized in this short synthesis report, show that one of the most important causes hindering the growth of community philanthropy is an unfavourable legal and policy environment. And that building partnerships for promoting local resource mobilization is very important.
As a result of the study, an experts hub and committee of philanthropy specialists was formed.

Keywords

African Philanthropy Community philanthropy CSO law Domestic resource mobilisation Knowledge dissemination tools Partnerships and networking

Author: n.a

Publisher/source/organization: East Africa Philanthropy Network (EAPN)

Place and year of issue: Nairobi 2022

Type: Research report

Country/region: Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda

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