In 2016 the world promised to give a quarter of all international development aid to local organisations (up from 3 percent). "It felt like there was momentum," says Jenny Hodgson. Instead the proportion "went down." #ShiftThePower

Ants are great creatures when they come together. This is the concept of #ShiftThePower movement. Bring together different communities to build a strong "anthill". We need each other Nana Afadzinu, PhD Kenya Community Development Foundation #ShiftThePower GlobalFundCF

Watching Gaza's destruction has given Palestinians clarity... to not go back to global super powers as a place for help... "we aren't going to do this anymore." What we want to do is look at our internal power & resources & these resources are not just financial #ShiftThePower

We must avoid converting social movements to NGOs #ShiftThePower Ambika Satkunanathan. I dare say funding should not add layers of organizational complexities that can only be sustained through foreign funding GivingForChange

We don't fund around thematic priorities, but around what communities says they want..says Soheir Asaad RawaFund . That's cleaver. Who introduces these layers of restrictions by the time funding gets to communities. Unrestrict #shiftthepower GivingForChange Kenya Community Development Foundation

Getting into the Bucket sessions at #ShiftThePower . MEASURING IS POLITICAL! session will be facilitated by Kenya Community Development Foundation , GlobalFundCF #ComuaNetwork, and Meiska from #Indonesia.

Measuring what matters needs to focus on community contribution, based on what is impact for the community and incorporate story telling as a way of measurement. Caesar Ngule Weka Kenya Community Development Foundation #ShiftThePower GlobalFundCF #ShiftThePower

Measurement is political. Even if it means sitting on the flr to ventilate at the Shiftthepower summit in Bogota. When did we complicate measurement this much? #shiftthepower GivingForChange Kenya Community Development Foundation

Today (hypothetically am thinking like a loaded international private foundation) men, the things I will do to shift power #shiftingthepower Kenya Community Development Foundation GivingForChange ...Like no more proposal writing. we have unrestricted funding

The “Measurement is Political” session, was a must attend where there was a discussion on alternative ways of measuring success that go beyond numbers. Emphasis was placed on the importance of minimizing numbers and maximizing narratives & using locally owned indicators.

Kuna shida.

KCDFs second series of Youth Environmental Challenge is launched. Visit Kenya Community Development Foundation website. You can't go wrong when around by partners like I&M Foundation and humble givers like Mackenzie Scott. 5 awards cumulating to over 24M made under the 1st series.

#OccupyUhuruPark

The inaugural @EACEducationConference begins in Arusha today. RELI Africa & Action for Life Skills and Values in East Africa teams present on Sustainable Collaboration for Education toward Collective Impact. At AICC Rm K105A , 9am-12noon. #EACEducationConference #EducationForAll #EACREC2024 #AUYearofEducation

#Starlink #Safaricom very soon Very soon, phones will be sold with an app like WhatsApp that allows you to buy Internet from cloud using a credit card. Keep this post.

Looking forward to two exhilarating days during this 4th Annual Civic Space Protection Summit,Mombasa.... And big on the agenda is an accelerated full implementation of the 2013 PBO act Kenya Community Development Foundation CIVICUS

A name says a lot about a place. But not Kakamega Likuyani, Coner Mbaya (Bad corner).This nascent group is redefining bottom up building. Nice to have represented Kenya Community Development Foundation in a voluntary experience sharing. How can they avoid being donor driven yet be able to mobilise support widely

Many students risk missing out on university and TVET, expected to cover up to 40% of tuition, costs their families can’t afford. Their dreams are hanging by a thread. Your support can keep them in school. #SupportEducation

Organizations choosing the path of Local Resource Mobilization for Community dev initiatives. #kCDF #Changethegameacademy The world is shifting right before us. Volunteership and local funding will be central in the emerging chapter/deb decade