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By 2050, one in every three children under the age of 18 will be African. It is essential to ensure that these young people grow up in safe, strong, nurturing environments that prepare them to participate in ever-growing economic opportunities.
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Insights from Firelight’s 2024 All-Grantee Survey
June 9, 2025
Kevin Obura and Ronald Kimambo
Insights from Firelight’s 2024 All-Grantee Survey
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Why we've stopped using the term 'sub-Saharan Africa'
August 22, 2023
Tomaida Banda and Ronald Kimambo
Why we've stopped using the term 'sub-Saharan Africa'
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Respect, agency, and collaboration: practical advice for development funders
May 8, 2023
By Tomaida Banda, Firelight Program Officer for Child and Youth Rights, Care and Protection
Respect, agency, and collaboration: practical advice for development funders
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Taking on ‘trust’ in global development philanthropy
December 1, 2022
By Nina Blackwell, Executive Director for the Center for Effective Philanthropy
Taking on ‘trust’ in global development philanthropy
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Community-driven systems change: where is the evidence? A guest perspective from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
September 22, 2022
By Lisa Bohmer and Shaheen Kasim-Lakha of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Community-driven systems change: where is the evidence? A guest perspective from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
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Solidarity over charity: prioritizing long-term shifts over band-aid responses
August 16, 2022
By Dr. Sadaf Shallwani, Firelight’s Director of Programs and Learning
Solidarity over charity: prioritizing long-term shifts over band-aid responses
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Support Africa's civil society to meet future challenges
February 17, 2022
By Rose Maruru, CEO of EPIC Africa
Support Africa's civil society to meet future challenges
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Climate change is driving child marriage – a plea to donors and funders to act
December 7, 2021
By Dua Kazimoto, Firelight Program Assistant in Child and Adolescent Rights
Climate change is driving child marriage – a plea to donors and funders to act
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Traditional approaches to aid and development are failing us. It’s time to invest in community-driven change.
November 3, 2021
By Mary A. Kabati, Ronah K. Lubinda, Adela Materu, Kingsley Makuwila, Jones Mwalwanda, Prosper Ndaiga and Moses Zulu
Traditional approaches to aid and development are failing us. It’s time to invest in community-driven change.
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Our most powerful resources are the young people we seek to serve.
September 17, 2021
By Jones Mwalwanda - Executive Director of the Foundation for Community Livelihood and Development (FOCOLD) in Malawi.
Our most powerful resources are the young people we seek to serve.
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