#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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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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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.
🎬 Watch the full film at the #StoriesForChange Festival on January 15.
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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?
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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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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
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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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Real power lives at the grassroots, where communities are solving their own challenges.
Insights from Sarah Pachuto of UNNGOF are reflected in our latest blog.
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Communities include many voices—youth, women, persons with disabilities, and more. Real progress, Berhanu Demissie reminds us, happens when these voices come together as one collective.
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Be inspired by local stories of change from around the world.
In 14 days, the Stories for Change Festival brings voices from communities worldwide leading their own solutions through shared resources.
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Community philanthropy puts communities as equal partners & drivers of change. Deepti Gurung of CDP Foundation reminds us that shifting aid means placing communities at the heart of decision-making.
The future of development is participatory #ShiftThePower
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As we close the year, we are reminded that real change happens when communities come together. We celebrate the everyday acts of care that hold communities together—long after the season ends.
Wishing you Happy Holidays.
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