In 2013, the New Field Foundation conducted a participatory study to examine the changes that occurred for women’s community organizations receiving community grants. This showed increased food security, improved livelihoods, increased status of women, and greater access to health care and education for rural women and their families.
Read MoreThe 2005 annual retreat took place at the Dulce Hayes Mansion Conference Center in San Jose, California from January 17-19, 2005. The participants included grantmakers based in the U. S. and Africa who represented foundations with a variety of funding interests such as community development, health, women’s issues, support for civil society, democracy and governance, culture, environment and education.
Read MoreAs the third in a series of annual retreats, the 2002 retreat in Chicago focused on both strategic issues, such as theories of social change and partnerships, and substantive issues, such as HIV/AIDS, challenges to democratization and the use of information technology.
Read MoreThe 2006 meeting assembled nearly 60 participants representing 40 different funders, the largest group since AGAG’s inception in 2000. The group reflected different approaches to funding practices, and a range of thematic and geographic focus.
Read MoreThis report provides a perspective on philanthropic giving by wealthy Africans in sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. Experts and almost 100 wealthy givers participated in surveys and in-depth interviews to compile this report.
Read MoreThis e-book documents Africa’s $50 billion annual losses in illicit financial flows due to commercial transactions, organized criminal activities and corruption.
Read MoreInternational Human Rights Funders Group (IHRFG) and the Foundation Center – “Advancing Human Rights: The State of Global Foundation Grantmaking” online report gives key findings from 2011 and 2012 on global human rights funding.
Read MoreDrawing from a number of written and oral submissions made by community representatives this report aims to provide insight into the complex and inter-related challenges in the delivery of and access to emergency medical services and healthcare in general in the Eastern Cape.
Read MoreThe United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), offers A Profile of Child Marriage in Africa, a brochure on the past, present and future affects of child marriage in Africa.
Read MoreLong-term strategies for addressing development challenges in Africa must be firmly rooted in local realities and experience, while enabling such experience and knowledge to inform macro-level policies, with their ability to enact sweeping change and mobilize significant human and financial resources.
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