The 2026 African CSO Awards from EPIC Africa are officially open! They are calling on all Doers, Supporters and Enablers of community-led development to step forward and enter, and to nominate leaders they are inspired by. #ShiftThePower
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#CommunityPhilanthropy is the deliberate organising of local resources to build assets, trust, agency & collective power, driving community-led development — Jenny Hodgson, GFCF
Read the full #StoriesForChange Festival reflection here
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At the #StoriesForChange Festival, we showcased what happens when communities lead —schools built in Uganda & Mozambique, health facility in Ghana & a girl in Kenya supported to stay in school.
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#Communityphilanthropy values what communities already practise especially as global funding shrinks — Grace Maingi, Kenya Community Development Foundation
Read more reflections on community-led giving in this #StoriesForChange Festival blog by Soni Khanal
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Nearly 300 community leaders, filmmakers and human rights defenders came together to reflect on how #CommunityPhilanthropy drives change through films and stories from the #GivingforChange programme.
Missed it? Catch the highlights and full recordings 👉
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A single finger cannot push a stone — so we come together, clenched as fists
Wana Udobang’s words captured the spirit of the #StoriesForChange Festival
Missed it? Soni Khanal reflects on this gathering celebrating #CommunityPhilanthropy
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This vlog captures the making of When the Light Takes Root, premiered at The Global South House during COP30
The film shares voices of local artists & communities shaping their own futures
Watch the trailer, then explore the full vlog on the #StoriesForChange website: stories.shiftthepower.org/films
This powerful film by STAR-Ghana Foundation & WACSI shows how everyday generosity is becoming long-term, community-led development, from youth initiatives to a self-built maternity ward.
Watch the trailer, then explore the full film on the #StoriesForChange website stories.shiftthepower.org/films
From Void to Vision: A Journey of #CommunityPhilanthropy in Mozambique, produced by MICAIA, shows how local action became a people-led movement.
Watch the trailer and explore more community-led stories on the #StoriesForChange website
Link: stories.shiftthepower.org/films
From Burkina Faso to Brazil, Mexico to Mozambique, Palestine to the Philippines, communities have shaped their own futures.
Watch Wana Udobang’s powerful poem, a call to collective power, solidarity, and resilience, from the #StoriesForChange Festival.
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#CommunityPhilanthropy means walking alongside communities, recognising them as givers and supporting their power to shape their own futures. — Shubha Chacko, @globalfundcf.bsky.social
True change happens when power steps back and communities are trusted to lead.
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Every community resource should serve its people. Real solutions come from within — not imposed from outside.
Michael Vincent Mercado of CDP, Philippines, reminds us #CommunityPhilanthropy is already thriving worldwide, rooted in local assets & decision-making.
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Join Dina Zayed and global leaders from Kenya, Ghana, and Indonesia for Session 2 of the #StoriesForChange Festival.
Explore how community-led resourcing drives human rights and social justice by centring the voices of those who know what works.
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Tomorrow we gather to listen, learn and grow the global movement for #CommunityPhilanthropy
Join practitioners and storytellers to explore how local ownership drives lasting change. Your voice matters.
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Join me, Wana Udobang, at the #StoriesForChange Festival. I’ll perform in Sessions 1 and 2 with a spoken word piece on resilience and the power of people coming together.
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Across Ethiopia, local resources have funded schools, a youth centre, clean water systems, and even an overpass reconnecting communities.
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Join storytellers and community leaders to explore how local resources are strengthening grassroots rights & solidarity. It’s about people driving their own development and #ShiftingThePower locally.
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In Tepeth, Uganda, authorities failed to act, leaving children studying under trees until the community built a new school with UNNGOF support. Today, it serves 700+ pupils.
🎬 Watch the full story at the #StoriesForChange Festival on January 15.
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What happens when communities tell their own stories and fund their own futures?
Join the #StoriesForChange Festival to explore people-led giving and the power of local action.
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Only 4 days to the Stories for Change Festival—a global celebration of #CommunityPhilanthropy
Discover local solutions with global impact and hear how communities lead change.
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Get ready for a powerful gathering celebrating #CommunityPhilanthropy in action. Hear inspiring stories, watch short films, enjoy music and poetry, and join the movement #ShiftThePower
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Session 2 of the Stories for Change Festival explores how #CommunityPhilanthropy advances human rights & social justice—led by communities using their own power.
Through short films, panels, and poetry, we spotlight Brazil and Mozambique.
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In uncertain times, community philanthropy matters more than ever.
Session 1 of the Stories for Change Festival explores how communities are leading their own development and why the time to shift power is now.
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On November 25, Black women from across Brazil marched for Reparations and Good Living. CESE supported 19 organisations to join this historic mobilisation.
🎬 Watch the full story at the Stories for Change Festival on January 15
🔗Link stories.shiftthepower.org
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In Palestine, communities return to the land and to one another through al-ouneh (collective care). This animation by Dalia Association shows how small acts of giving rebuild what loss cannot erase.
Watch the full story on January 15.
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In Dabla, Burkina Faso, a new drilling project supported by ASEPE and @abfburkina provides year-round clean water—transforming life & easing the burden on women.
Watch the full story at the Stories for Change Festival on January 15.
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In the first episode of Black Women on the March: Building Good Living, Socorro Guterres and Valdecir Nascimento discuss the role of Black women’s organisations in confronting racism, inequality, and oppression in Brazil.
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In Baringo County, COSEO is driving change through education & community action. With support from KCDF, students like Beatrice are building brighter futures
🎬 Watch her story at the Stories for Change Festival on January 15
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“Instead of defining communities for convenience, we must pause and listen to how people see themselves.” — Jimm Chick Fomunjong, WACSI
Soni Khanal reflects on this in the Alternative Convos podcast.
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As the Giving for Change programme concludes, the impact of your stories lives on. Thank you to our partners for believing in the power of community-led action. Wishing you a Happy New Year.
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