Transform philanthropy to transform the world — Alliance magazine
<p>It seems as if 2023 has had a subtle but effective word for the year in the philanthropic space, and that word is ‘transform’, which was also the theme of this year’s Forum. From Brazil to Kenya, from Senegal to South Africa, and wherever those working in the international development and philanthropic field gathered, the words ‘transform’, ‘reform’, and ‘change’ have echoed throughout the halls. Stigmata Tenga of the African Philanthropy Network reminded us in her opening remarks, that the philanthropy that is being discussed at such events as this one is not a new thing, that the communities we refer to as ‘grassroots’ invented philanthropy. And if there is a need for reform or change, it is us development practitioners and not these communities. And as she put it, Africans have always given, ‘we even gave away our land, resources, and power.’ The work now for philanthropy is on ‘how to retain resources in the hands of people and their communities and stifle the dynamics that rid people of their deserved resources and power.’</p>
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