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Organisation development: a cornerstone for the sustainable management of natural resources

2022-03-11T13:45:00+00:00January 15th, 2016|

By Alphonse Muhindo Valivambene From 27th to 30th July 2015, Well Grounded and Maliasili Initiatives organised a day of exchange between Kenyan, Tanzanian and Congolese (DRC) civil society organisations in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. The aim of this event was to share the diverse experiences and points of view regarding the development of a strategy, a business plan and more sustainable, innovative funding models. This event was linked to a wider conference that brought together roughly 100 people and aimed to strengthen the capacities of numerous stakeholders with a view to better conserve ecosystems. In view of the above, I was struck [...]

Building Potential to put Social and Environmental Justice at the Centre of Development

2022-03-11T13:44:59+00:00October 7th, 2015|

I am Wirsiy Emmanuel Binyuy and I work for Cameroon Gender and Environment Watch (CAMGEW), a non-profit organisation based in Oku, Cameroon. CAMGEW works to sustain the environment to ensure that people are free from poverty and gender inequality. CAMGEW works on forest conservation, environmental education, apiculture, agroforestry and eco-businesses like women’s microcredit schemes and vocational training. This work is done with rural communities with little employment opportunities and with a high poverty rate. Women have fewer opportunities. I have been working on environmental issues for 15 years in Cameroon. From September 23-25 I participated in a reflection workshop organised by [...]

What makes a strong organisation? Six insights from African CSOs

2022-03-11T13:44:58+00:00May 19th, 2015|

“One thing I’ve learned from our discussion, is that for an African organisation to survive, they need to either cope with having nothing or with having too much.” – Representative from an African CSO Over the last year Maliasili Initiatives and Well Grounded have worked together in trying to better understand key issues, challenges, and opportunities related to strengthening African civil society organisations working to improve natural resource governance. As part of this we carried out research, which included interviewing 75 leading African CSOs, international organisations, funders and organisational experts (more on this research very soon). But for the first time [...]

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