Firelight believes in the power of African communities to create lasting, scalable change for Africa’s children, youth and families.

Joined November 2011
What We're Reading 📚: Nina Blackwell, former Exec Director of @FirelightFnd who supported the fund’s transition from American to African governance, leadership, vision, and power, discusses what shifting power means in practice. ow.ly/aGpP50PW57z
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Due to it reflecting post-colonialist patterns of oppression in global development, @FirelightFnd’s Tomaida Banda & Ronald Kimambo argue we should use more specific geographic regions when talking about “sub-Saharan Africa.” Full article here👇 devex.com/news/opinion-why-w…
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Due to it reflecting post-colonialist patterns of oppression in global development, @FirelightFnd’s Tomaida Banda & Ronald Kimambo argue we should use more specific geographic regions when talking about “sub-Saharan Africa.” devex.com/news/opinion-why-w…
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A full recording of our fireside chat on how to sustain our commitments to #JEDI is now available to watch on our website. Watch it, share it, and let us know what you think. #TheFutureImagine imaginablefutures.com/learni…
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“Sub-Saharan Africa” perpetuates post-colonialist patterns of oppression in global development by reinforcing stereotypes. What should we be saying instead? The answer is quite simple, according to @FirelightFnd’s Tomaida Banda & Ronald Kimambo. devex.com/news/opinion-why-w…
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📢📢📢📢HALF A MILLION $USD from @TrustAfrica and @UAFAfrica towards a $1 billion Pan-African & Feminist Endowment Fund for the transformational agenda needed in #Africa #RemiaginingPhilanthropy at work! $25 million 2023 target #PanAfricanFeministPhilanthropies @Alliancemag
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None of us are free until we all are! We hope these beautifully coined words from @Cee_Bah will inspire a more inclusive ecosystem in our collective struggle for social justice. #childrights #youthrights #CRIF #reimaginingyoungpeoplesliberation #makingchildrensrightsreal
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Do you agree with where things stand today in the sector? #reimaginingphilanthropy
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Memo to funders of ‘women & girls’ #ReimaginingPhilanthropy
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We are standing on the shoulders of giants and sometimes, we find ourselves in the same room as them! Grateful for the opportunity to spend time with @TheoSowa @stillSHErises & @mukasa_sarah who were instrumental to making @awdf01 the badass feminist fund I am lucky to work with.
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BIG NEWS!! TrustAfrica & Urgent Action Fund-Africa commit HALF A MILLION USD towards the Pan-African & Feminist Endowment Fund in building solidarity for a transformational agenda! “We make a path by walking it” #PanAfricanFeministPhilanthropies #ReimaginingPhilanthropy at work!
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📚What we're #reading: "Slow Train Coming: Taking Time for Community-Driven Systems Change" on @FirelightFnd's efforts working with community-based organizations to understand change at the community level and how #funders can support it: johnsoncenter.org/blog/slow-… @johnsoncenter
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@FirelightFnd is hiring! We are excited to announce that we are hiring for three positions in Africa - Administrative Assistant (Program & Learning), 2x Program Assistants, and one position in the United States – Accounting Associate. firelightfoundation.bamboohr…
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“Achieving meaningful change requires time, so there is a need to shift from shorter- to longer-term funding of the development process”. @Alliancemag talks to @FirelightFnd about their community-driven systems change (CDSC) approach: ow.ly/CxQq50LLJWA #LiftUpPhilanthropy
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As the pandemic continues with long-term impact on our communities, people with disabilities continue to sound the alarms and support each other with little to no resources. In response, we’re excited to announce the Disability Frontlines Fund at TWF: thirdwavefund.org/disability…
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Headquartered in Sierra Leone, Purposeful has an ever-growing team based across the Continent, from Latin America and the Arab States to a small admin office in the UK. Neither a fully remote team nor office based, we are joyfully somewhere in-between 🥳 #PurposefulAt5 Meet Lau!
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Feminist annual reports are their own unique category of art and expression. For the December edition of What We Are Reading, we are sharing a few that we found beautiful and inspiring. equalityfund.ca/policy/what-…
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"Participation is beyond checking, showing up & doing a task that was assigned to you. It is being part of the co-creation of the strategy; the plan, feeling and having ownership of the process." Gabrielle Bailey, CRIF’s Senior Program and Grantmaking Officer #hrfn2022
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The community at the centre: Why community-driven systems change is working for South and East Africa? @Alliancemag talks to @FirelightFnd and its grantee partners about their community-driven systems change (CDSC) approach: ow.ly/NNiB50LLJX5 #LiftUpPhilanthropy
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“Community-driven systems change takes a long-term and holistic view — open to multiple contributing factors, non-linear and complex patterns and dynamics, and both expected and unexpected outcomes”, – @SadafShallwani ow.ly/MtvV50Lw1B6 @johnsoncenter @FirelightFnd
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