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Heading to #CSW70?

Our new girl-centered advocacy brief (w/ the Adolescent Girls Investment Plan + PMNCH) lays out the latest data on girls’ rights/ what governments & donors must fund now.

Justice for girls means school, safety, and real power.

Read: lnkd.in/d8AnShXw

#GirlsRights #ShiftThePower

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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

csoplatform.africa/awards

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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.

#StoriesForChange #ShiftThePower

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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 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.

Session 1: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Session 2: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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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.

🔗 Register:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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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.
Link🔗 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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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.

Register
Session 1: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Session 2: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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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 1: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Session 2: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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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.

Register now: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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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.
🔗 stories.shiftthepower.org

#StoriesForChange #ShiftThePower

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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.
Link stories.shiftthepower.org

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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.

🎧 Listen now on all major podcast platforms

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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.

#CommunityPhilanthropy #StoriesForChange #TheStoryIsOurs #ShiftThePower

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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.

Read more: stories.shiftthepower.org/blogs/m5mup7...

#CommunityPhilanthropy #StoriesForChange #ShiftThePower

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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.

Read more: stories.shiftthepower.org/blogs/m5mup7...

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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.

#StoriesForChange #CommunityPhilanthropy #ShiftThePower #TheStoryIsOurs

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Community philanthropy works when communities are trusted to lead. Real change happens when power steps back and local wisdom leads the way.

As Doel Jaikishen from YUVA reminds us, this is about shifting mindsets and amplifying local voices.

#ShiftThePower #StoriesForChange #CommunityPhilanthropy

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“When development ignores culture, solutions don’t last.” — Fifi Boateng, WACSI.

Development must be rooted in culture and shaped by how communities define their own realities.

📖 Read the full blog stories.shiftthepower.org/blogs/hvfi20...

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Every community has a story of people coming together. What’s yours?

Share a 1-minute video for the Stories for Change Festival and show how your community led change.

👉 Submit here: upload.vloggi.com/projects/YRR...

#StoriesForChange #ShiftThePower #CommunityPhilanthropy #TheStoryIsOurs

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“Community philanthropy goes beyond grants — it shifts power to the people who know their struggles best, centring their knowledge, experience, and solutions.”
— Magda Pochec, Fundusz Feministyczny @femfund.bsky.social

#StoriesForChange #ShiftThePower #CommunityPhilanthropy #TheStoryIsOurs

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#CommunityPhilanthropy means communities lead with their own resources, while donors enable rather than direct.
Tara Rao of Eddelu Karnataka says: “When support enables, communities lead — and we build an inclusive, human-centred system.”

#StoriesForChange #ShiftThePower #TheStoryIsOurs

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Join a global celebration of community philanthropy and the power of people creating meaningful change. The #StoriesForChange Festival, rooted in #ShiftThePower, showcases community-led action worldwide.

🔗 Register: stories.shiftthepower.org

#CommunityPhilanthropy #TheStoryIsOurs #TheTimeIsNow

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Which story from your neighbourhood deserves to be celebrated? Tell us how your community came together. 🤝✨

Record a short video showing how people came together to make a difference.
Submit it here: upload.vloggi.com/projects/YRR...

#StoriesForChange #ShiftThePower #TheStoryIsOurs #TheTimeIsNow

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“Aid systems are shifting, and the impact on community organisations is real. We need to imagine a new future together. It’s time to believe in our collective power to create sustainable change.”
— Sam Rye, @monashuniversity.bsky.social

#StoriesForChange #ShiftThePower #CommunityPhilanthropy

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Do you have a story about community-led development?
Who are the everyday changemakers around you?

Share how your community is driving change.

👉 Register for the #StoriesForChange Online Festival: stories.shiftthepower.org

#TheTimeIsNow #TheStoryIsOurs #ShiftThePower #CommunityPhilanthropy

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Community development is driven by local assets — expertise, knowledge, land, labour, and culture, not just external funding
As Artémisa Castro Félix of FASOL notes, communities are their own biggest investors
What non-financial asset matters most in your community?

#ShiftThePower #StoriesForChange

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