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Today, our exploration of global fundraising continues with Clemencia Osa, who has been in fundraising for 20 years.
Clemencia is the campaign and coalition manager at Women's World Banking, which is a nonprofit with a global footprint that is dedicated to empowering women's entrepreneurship and thereby reducing community inequality.
I know you're going to enjoy hearing from Clemencia today, who shares her experiences, expertise and what it takes in real life to be successful seeking grants in Africa and beyond.
Some key takeaways in this episode were:
The balancing act of patience and consistency in grant-seeking.How hugely important the power of compelling storytelling is to engage donors and supporters.Being grant-ready, nurturing donor relationships, and the importance of developing a fundraising plan without necessarily a polished approach but rather, a genuine connection.If you have been inspired by Clemencia or any of our other guests, please head to the Fundraising Radicals blog to find out more about global fundraising challenges. You can access it via the website at www.fundraisingradicals.com/blog
Resources and links mentioned in this episode:Women’s World Banking website: https://www.womensworldbanking.org/Women’s World Banking LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/women%27s-world-banking/I hope you've enjoyed listening to this episode of the Fundraising Radicals podcast and that this conversation has challenged, informed, and maybe even inspired you and your fundraising leadership practice.
This podcast has been made possible by the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network, Care International, the Ashmore Foundation, and our growing community of strategic partners.
We're excited to explore and share alternative views and experiences so we can all move beyond the narrow experiences that dominate global fundraising practise today so that we're all better equipped to resource our causes and communities wherever in the world we are.
Please do subscribe to the podcast on the platform of your choice.
New episodes drop on the 1st & 15th of every month, so make sure to tune in to get more global perspectives on fundraising and leadership in the non-profit sector.
More about Fundraising Radicals:If you want to find out all the ways in which we’re working to empower, equip and engage fundraisers all over the world:
Visit our website https://www.fundraisingradicals.comRead our blog https://www.fundraisingradicals.com/blog Follow Fundraising Radicals on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/fundraisingradicalsFollow Craig on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigpollardfundraisingradicals
And we're always looking for new perspectives. So if you would be willing to share some of your experience of global fundraising within a future episode of the podcast, please do email us. It's [email protected] -
Today our exploration of global fundraising continues with Alvaro Gonzalez, who leads the fundraising at Minga Perú.
Minga is a Quechuan word that means “collaborative community work” which is at the heart of their work with indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon for more than 25 years.
Minga Perú started as a radio station which still designs its programming and content in response to the 64,000 letters it has now received from women living in indigenous communities within the Amazon Basin - these conversations are about health, gender equality, human rights, entrepreneurship, climate justice, and much more. Themes that remain central to Minga Perú’s work today.
I’ve been working with Alvaro for the past year as we’ve navigated the challenges and opportunities of connecting donors to the social justice work in these very remote communities - and I have come to love his openness when it comes to discussing the nature of fundraising, what it means to be a fundraiser, what the work of fundraising is, and how exciting, but also how hard fundraising can be.
This episode is for those of you who are in the early stages of your fundraising journey, or if you’re wrestling with what it means to be and become a fundraiser.
I know you’re going to enjoy meeting Alvaro and that he will bring clarity to some of your bigger questions in this space.
Some key takeaways in this episode were:
Alvaro’s metaphors of the bridge and nurturing those sparks which describe beautifully what it means to be a fundraiser and the nature of the work.Lots of practical ideas to help us all become better and more authentic fundraisersImportantly, how to ensure that we value our own wellbeing, and build our resilience, in what can often be an unforgiving work.If you have been inspired by Alvaro or any of our other guests, please head to the Fundraising Radicals blog to find out more about global fundraising challenges. You can access it via the website at www.fundraisingradicals.com/blog
Resources and links mentioned in this episode:Minga Perúwebsite: https://mingaperu.org/en/home/Minga Perú on LinkedIn at:: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mingaperu/I hope you've enjoyed listening to this episode of the Fundraising Radicals podcast and that this conversation has challenged, informed, and maybe even inspired you and your fundraising leadership practice.
This podcast has been made possible by the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network, Care International, the Ashmore Foundation, and our growing community of strategic partners.
We're excited to explore and share alternative views and experiences so we can all move beyond the narrow experiences that dominate global fundraising practise today so that we're all better equipped to resource our causes and communities wherever in the world we are.
Please do subscribe to the podcast on the platform of your choice.
New episodes drop on the 1st & 15th of every month, so make sure to tune in to get more global perspectives on fundraising and leadership in the non-profit sector.
More about Fundraising Radicals:If you want to find out all the ways in which we’re working to empower, equip and engage fundraisers all over the world:
Visit our website https://www.fundraisingradicals.comRead our blog https://www.fundraisingradicals.com/blog Follow Fundraising Radicals on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/fundraisingradicalsFollow Craig on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigpollardfundraisingradicals
And we're always looking for new perspectives. So if you would be willing to share some of your experience of global fundraising within a future episode of the podcast, please do email us. It's [email protected] -
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Today our exploration of global fundraising continues with Nachula Wilson, who is Director of Strategic Partnerships at Ashesi University in Ghana in West Africa.
Nachula has worked in Rwanda and Mauritius with the African Leadership University and for the Standard Chartered Bank in Zambia. Nachula brings a broad continent wide perspective to real life partnership building across Africa.
Nachula has deep experience and expertise on what it's like to build funding partnerships in West Africa, and we instantly found lots of common ground and a shared deep dissatisfaction with the dominant North American and European narratives of high value fundraising.
And the day before we recorded our conversation, Nachula had joined a Global Radicals Fundraising Leadership Program Regional Panel Webinar, which was focused on corporate partnerships in Africa. So I dive right in here to get her to recap some of the clear, thoughtful insights she shared with us during that session.
In this episode we discussed:
Nachula’s views on funding, equity and power dynamicsHer deep and vital reflection on what fundraising is in the African contextHow fundraising fits and doesn’t with community involved donors in Africaand,
How as fundraisers we find ourselves at the nexus of some of the world's most vexing and complex dynamics of power, equity and justice.If you have been inspired by Nachula or any of our other guests, please head to the Fundraising Radicals blog to find out more about global fundraising challenges. You can access it via the website at www.fundraisingradicals.com/blog
Resources and links mentioned in this episode:Ashesi University website: https://www.ashesi.edu.gh/Connect with Nachula on LinkedIn at:: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nachula-wilson-47b74140/Wits University website: https://www.wits.ac.za/I hope you've enjoyed listening to this episode of the Fundraising Radicals podcast and that this conversation has challenged, informed, and maybe even inspired you and your fundraising leadership practice.
This podcast has been made possible by the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network, Care International, the Ashmore Foundation, and our growing community of strategic partners.
We're excited to explore and share alternative views and experiences so we can all move beyond the narrow experiences that dominate global fundraising practise today so that we're all better equipped to resource our causes and communities wherever in the world we are.
Please do subscribe to the podcast on the platform of your choice.
New episodes drop on the 1st & 15th of every month, so make sure to tune in to get more global perspectives on fundraising and leadership in the non-profit sector.
More about Fundraising Radicals:If you want to find out all the ways in which we’re working to empower, equip and engage fundraisers all over the world:
Visit our website https://www.fundraisingradicals.comRead our blog https://www.fundraisingradicals.com/blog Follow Fundraising Radicals on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/fundraisingradicalsFollow Craig on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigpollardfundraisingradicals
And we're always looking for new perspectives. So if you would be willing to share some of your experience of global fundraising within a future episode of the podcast, please do email us. It's [email protected] -
Our exploration of global fundraising continues today with Dieudonné Nahimana. Now this one is extra special for me. Dieudonné is one of the most impressive and resilient humans I have ever met and I really don't say that lightly.
Like hundreds of thousands of other Burundians, the direction of Dieudonné's life was drastically altered during the civil war in 1993, when his father was murdered, and he ended up living on the streets of the capital, Bujumbura.
Living with and supporting that community of resilient and creative children who survive together without their families has shaped his vision for the future of the whole country. He has established, New Generation, which is now nearly 25 years old.
Dieudonné’s home and his meals and even his wedding day have always been shared with dozens, if not hundreds of street children. He has trained thousands of young people across Burundi in peace building and reconciliation. He's led by example. He forgave the man who murdered his father, and is now sponsoring the education of his children. He has won awards for his work. He ran for president of Burundi in 2020. Not for himself, but to show others what is possible. He lost that contest, but the nature and grace of his defeat and the public calls for reconciliation, he gave Burundi its first peaceful election for 60 years.Yet, New Generation still struggles to secure the funding they need to pay their staff, many of whom are former street children, to support entrepreneurship of these creative young people and feed hundreds of other children who rely on New Generation to survive on the streets of Burundi.
I think this conversation stands on its own.
I know you’ll be inspired by Dieudonné’s story. He has been so open and honest about the challenges he has faced of which fundraising seems to be relatively small, but is vital for the future of New Generation in Burundi.
I will be sharing some reflections on Dieudonné and his fundraising challenges soon on the Fundraising Radicals blog which can be accessed via the website at www.fundraisingradicals.com/blog
Resources and links mentioned in this episode:StreetAction website: https://streetaction.org/New Generation website: https://newgenerationburundi.org/Amos Trust website: http://amostrust.org/If you want to kmow more about Dieudonné's story you can watch on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC4PlTcZLXU&t=34sI hope you've enjoyed listening to this episode of the Fundraising Radicals podcast and that this conversation has challenged, informed, and maybe even inspired you and your fundraising leadership practice.
This podcast has been made possible by the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network, Care International, the Ashmore Foundation, and our growing community of strategic partners.
We're excited to explore and share alternative views and experiences so we can all move beyond the narrow experiences that dominate global fundraising practise today so that we're all better equipped to resource our causes and communities wherever in the world we are.
Please do subscribe to the podcast on the platform of your choice.
New episodes drop on the 1st & 15th of every month, so make sure to tune in to get more global perspectives on fundraising and leadership in the non-profit sector.
More about Fundraising Radicals:If you want to find out all the ways in which we’re working to empower, equip and engage fundraisers all over the world:
Visit our website https://www.fundraisingradicals.comRead our blog https://www.fundraisingradicals.com/blog Follow Fundraising Radicals on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/fundraisingradicalsFollow Craig on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigpollardfundraisingradicals
And we're always looking for new perspectives. So if you would be willing to share some of your experience of global fundraising within a future episode of the podcast, please do email us. It's [email protected] -
Today’s conversation is with Jermaine Craig, the founder of Kwanda, a funding platform that connects members of the African diaspora based in the UK and North America with grassroots projects in Africa that they can fund and support beyond cash.
Now this isn't about charity in the traditional sense. In fact, it's a practical and authentic challenge to the status quo. Kwanda was set up to support entrepreneurs in Africa who are responding thoughtfully to the daily frictions in their lives.
Jermaine's view is that traditional funders and non profits neither understand nor trust Africans to build and scale solutions to their problems, so they're not equipped to support these local entrepreneurs. This is where Kwanda comes in, investing in entrepreneurs in Africa and telling the stories of their impact.
Some of the key points from my discussion with Jermaine include:
Jermaine speaks of the importance of shifting from traditional aid models to sustainable, community centred solutions that highlight local innovation the use of technology and automation to help in reducing time and increasing efficiency for tasks such as proposal generation and donor communicationsJermaines plans to expand Kwanda’s reach to new countries and a diverse range of projectsKwanda is a brilliant, simple, and authentic concept, and I know you’ll enjoy listening to Jermaine share openly, the highs and lows of his own journey in social entrepreneurship.
For more detailed reflections on this conversation with Jermaine, head to our blog which can be accessed via the website at https://www.fundraisingradicals.com/blog
Resources and links mentioned in this episode:Kwanda website: https://kwanda.co/Connect with Jermaine on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jermainecraig/I hope you've enjoyed listening to this episode of the Fundraising Radicals podcast and that this conversation has challenged, informed, and maybe even inspired you and your fundraising leadership practice.
This podcast has been made possible by the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network, Care International, the Ashmore Foundation, and our growing community of strategic partners.
We're excited to explore and share alternative views and experiences so we can all move beyond the narrow experiences that dominate global fundraising practise today so that we're all better equipped to resource our causes and communities wherever in the world we are.
Please do subscribe to the podcast on the platform of your choice.
New episodes drop on the 1st & 15th of every month, so make sure to tune in to get more global perspectives on fundraising and leadership in the non-profit sector.
More about Fundraising Radicals:If you want to find out all the ways in which we’re working to empower, equip and engage fundraisers all over the world:
Visit our website https://www.fundraisingradicals.comRead our blog https://www.fundraisingradicals.com/blog Follow Fundraising Radicals on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/fundraisingradicalsFollow Craig on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigpollardfundraisingradicals
And we're always looking for new perspectives. So if you would be willing to share some of your experience of global fundraising within a future episode of the podcast, please do email us. It's [email protected] -
Today’s conversation is with Bessie Ndovi, who is one of four senior regional advisors from the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network.
Bessie is based in Malawi and from there is supporting civil society organisations in 15 countries across East and Southern Africa.
Now, advocacy work is a really hard thing to fundraise for:
it's inherently politicalit's difficult to measureit can cause friction between partners, and it takes a long time to demonstrate the impact of advocacy funding which means that it stretches beyond the traditional funding horizons of most donors.But Bessie, knowing this, raised the funding to build and sustain an independent civil society organisation in Malawi that grew to ten members of staff within five years.
During our conversation, Bessie shares how she did this and sets out clear and simple steps that anyone else can follow to build trust and position for major funding partnerships.
Some of the key points from my discussion with Bessie include:
the importance of positioning, of being visible and discoverablethe dominance and decline of institutional funding on the operation and cultures of civil society organisations in Africa, so often the only viable option for civil society organisations in Africathe vast barriers that civil society organisations in Africa face when trying to prove themselves worthy to receive northern fundingthe starting assumption of suspicion from northern institutions that is still grounded in colonial and white supremacist views of Africa and African civil societysmall, under resourced organisations have to micromanage every part of their work and demonstrate excellence in communications, partnerships, governance, financial management before they even receive fundingI know you’ll enjoy hearing and learning from Bessie’s inspirational conversation today.
For more detailed reflections on this conversation with Bessie, head to our blog which can be accessed via the website at https://www.fundraisingradicals.com/blog
Resources and links mentioned in this episode:CSONA https://www.suncivilsociety.com/alliances/civil-society-organisation-nutrition-alliance-csona/Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network https://scalingupnutrition.org/about-us/our-governance/our-networks/sun-civil-society-networkConcern Worldwide https://www.concern.net/Connect with Bessie on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/bessie-ndovi-0273b853I hope you've enjoyed listening to this episode of the Fundraising Radicals podcast and that this conversation has challenged, informed, and maybe even inspired you and your fundraising leadership practice.
This podcast has been made possible by the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network, Care International, the Ashmore Foundation, and our growing community of strategic partners.
We're excited to explore and share alternative views and experiences so we can all move beyond the narrow experiences that dominate global fundraising practise today so that we're all better equipped to resource our causes and communities wherever in the world we are.
Please do subscribe to the podcast on the platform of your choice.
New episodes drop on the 1st & 15th of every month, so make sure to tune in to get more global perspectives on fundraising and leadership in the non-profit sector.
More about Fundraising Radicals:If you want to find out all the ways in which we’re working to empower, equip and engage fundraisers all over the world:
Visit our website https://www.fundraisingradicals.comRead our blog https://www.fundraisingradicals.com/blog Follow Fundraising Radicals on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/fundraisingradicalsFollow Craig on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigpollardfundraisingradicals
And we're always looking for new perspectives. So if you would be willing to share some of your experience of global fundraising within a future episode of the podcast, please do email us. It's [email protected] -
Today’s conversation is with Mustafa N’Jie Taf who is based in the Gambia in West Africa. Taf is a successful and well known businessman who builds cities, literal cities of affordable houses in Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and the Gambia, and 6 other countries in West Africa.
Now many projects that require funding in West Africa will identify Taf as a potential funder due to his regional profile here, his foundation, and his commitment to solving Africa's chronic housing shortage.
As you're about to find out, Taf is full of enthusiasm and passion. He was born, raised, educated, and lives in the Gambia, and wears this lifelong connection like a badge of honor. He has his own YouTube channel and more than 50,000 followers on TikTok.
First, Taf's lifelong immersion in the Gambia fascinates me. It feels like a deep and authentic connection to his community and a grounding for the values that underpin his business choices.Second, that the accumulation of wealth does not have to be separate from social impact. And Taf's feels more authentic in some ways than the many Westerners who self identify as philanthropists, who have made their fortunes historically without real consideration of social justice, and then make a major philanthropy pivot in later life.And third, there's this wonderful idea of finding contentment that bounds ambition and wealth and brings satisfaction. A sense of having done enough.
During this episode, three takeaways stood out amidst our discussion:
Enough. That's another powerful word to leave you with today. Both in relation to the understanding when donors give, how much they give, but also enough in relation to the limits of our own organisation's ambitions, goals, and growth. Because if our leaders can't define what enough impact is, then fundraisers will always be catching up and burning out, which leads to a very different expression of enough.No conversation with Taf is ever dull, and I'm sure you’ll enjoy listening to my conversation with him today.
Resources and links mentioned in this episode:Connect with Taf on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/tafnjie/I hope you've enjoyed listening to this episode of the Fundraising Radicals podcast and that this conversation has challenged, informed, and maybe even inspired you and your fundraising leadership practice.
You can read more of my reflections on this conversation in my blog which can be accessed via the website at www.fundraisingradicals.com/blog
This podcast has been made possible by the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network, Care International, the Ashmore Foundation, and our growing community of strategic partners.
We're excited to explore and share alternative views and experiences so we can all move beyond the narrow experiences that dominate global fundraising practise today so that we're all better equipped to resource our causes and communities wherever in the world we are.
Please do subscribe to the podcast on the platform of your choice.
New episodes drop on the 1st & 15th of every month, so make sure to tune in to get more global perspectives on fundraising and leadership in the non-profit sector.
More about Fundraising Radicals:If you want to find out all the ways in which we’re working to empower, equip and engage fundraisers all over the world:
Visit our website https://www.fundraisingradicals.comRead our blog https://www.fundraisingradicals.com/blog Follow Fundraising Radicals on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/fundraisingradicalsFollow Craig on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigpollardfundraisingradicals
And we're always looking for new perspectives. So if you would be willing to share some of your experience of global fundraising within a future episode of the podcast, please do email us. It's [email protected] -
Today’s conversation is with Keo Souvannaphoum, who is the award-winning Country Director in Lao, for CARE International. She has also been an active and dedicated participant in the Global Radicals Fundraising Leadership Programme -generously sharing her experiences with others around the world.
Keo is an expert with deep experience of building high impact community programmes and institutional partnerships with international funders based in Europe and North America.
But I’m also hoping that she will share more details about an incredible funding partnership that she has built over the past three years, that began with an email enquiry and has now delivered more than two million dollars in funding for the Akha communities in Northern Lao, some of the most marginalised people in South East Asia.
During this episode, some of the topics we discussed were:
Authentic relationships - how they’re the foundations of all our work - whether we’re building them with the communities we serve, with the teams within our causes, and with those who contribute funding.How authenticity helps to manage expectations - how we engage and involve donors in programme design and how we push back - confident in our own expertise and the quality of a respectful and equal partnership.Keo reflected on how different it feels to have full control over a funding partnership - I’ve seen this time and time again all over the world - funding partnerships build confidence, bring joy, and enjoyment to the fundraising and partnership-building process - to the point where Keo now even enjoys attending those out of hours events!I know you'll enjoy listening to my conversation with Keo today.
Resources and links mentioned in this episode:CARE International https://www.care-international.org/Connect with Keo on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/keoamphone-souvannaphoum-17817952/?originalSubdomain=laI hope you've enjoyed listening to this episode of the Fundraising Radicals podcast and that this conversation has challenged, informed, and maybe even inspired you and your fundraising leadership practice.
This podcast has been made possible by the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network, Care International, the Ashmore Foundation, and our growing community of strategic partners.
We're excited to explore and share alternative views and experiences so we can all move beyond the narrow experiences that dominate global fundraising practise today so that we're all better equipped to resource our causes and communities wherever in the world we are.
Please do subscribe to the podcast on the platform of your choice.
New episodes drop on the 1st & 15th of every month, so make sure to tune in to get more global perspectives on fundraising and leadership in the non-profit sector.
More about Fundraising Radicals:If you want to find out all the ways in which we’re working to empower, equip and engage fundraisers all over the world:
Visit our website https://www.fundraisingradicals.comRead our blog https://www.fundraisingradicals.com/blog Follow Fundraising Radicals on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/fundraisingradicalsFollow Craig on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigpollardfundraisingradicals
And we're always looking for new perspectives. So if you would be willing to share some of your experience of global fundraising within a future episode of the podcast, please do email us. It's [email protected] -
My conversation with Irene Arellano was just too rich to fit into just one episode, so we’re rolling it into this second episode!
So, a quick reintroduction, today’s conversation is with Irene Arellano, who is the Head of Innovation and Business Development at CARE Peru.
During this episode, we’re talking about:
social innovationselling impactful consultancy services to companies in Peruthe details of how CARE Peru is establishing a new impact investment fundhow social justice and climate justice link via circular economiesand much more.
In this episode Irene has offered us a step-by-step guide for starting and sustaining a social innovation programme and clear tactics that have led to the establishment of an $70m impact investment fund that drove financial inclusion for more than 40,000 women in entrepreneurship with all-important wrap around services to support their journeys.
Irene and her team have explored how social innovation walks hand in hand with climate change, pushing towards circular economies.
At the heart of this is recognising the evolving expertise of NGOs and exploring new ways of leveraging their unique positions to develop new sorts of partnerships, impactful financial products, and fees/funding that is unrestricted.
I know you'll enjoy listening to this continuing conversation with Irene today.
Resources and links mentioned in this episode:CARE Peru https://www.care-international.org/our-work/where-we-work/peruConnect with Irene on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/irenearellano/I hope you've enjoyed listening to this episode of the Fundraising Radicals podcast and that this conversation has challenged, informed, and maybe even inspired you and your fundraising leadership practice.
This podcast has been made possible by the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network, CARE International, the Ashmore Foundation, and our growing community of strategic partners.
We're excited to explore and share alternative views and experiences so we can all move beyond the narrow experiences that dominate global fundraising practise today so that we're all better equipped to resource our causes and communities wherever in the world we are.
Please do subscribe to the podcast on the platform of your choice.
New episodes drop on the 1st & 15th of every month, so make sure to tune in to get more global perspectives on fundraising and leadership in the non-profit sector.
More about Fundraising Radicals:If you want to find out all the ways in which we’re working to empower, equip and engage fundraisers all over the world:
Visit our website https://www.fundraisingradicals.comRead our blog https://www.fundraisingradicals.com/blog Follow Fundraising Radicals on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/fundraisingradicalsFollow Craig on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigpollardfundraisingradicals
And we're always looking for new perspectives. So if you would be willing to share some of your experience of global fundraising within a future episode of the podcast, please do email us. It's [email protected] -
Today's conversation is with Irene Arellano, the head of innovation and business development at CARE Peru.
Irene is working to build transformational partnerships between the cause and companies in Peru that are grounded in shared purpose. This is about bringing together funding, social impact and sustainability, and redefining roles so we can free ourselves to build new sorts of partnerships between causes and companies that aren't bound by traditional, narrow roles of who can deliver impact and how.
In this episode we unpack the ups and downs of building a social innovation programme from scratch. It feels like Irene has offered us a step by step guide for starting and sustaining a social innovation programme. But she's also given us clear guidance more generally for creating holistic, equitable partnerships between causes and companies.
As Irene describes, this starts with redefining our idea of value, the value that our causes can offer to companies, and to reimagine the roles of our nonprofits and companies in delivering social impact.
I've always been blown away by Irene's generosity, her willingness to honestly reflect on her experiences and to share what has worked and what hasn't, and I know you'll enjoy hearing from Irene today.
Resources and links mentioned in this episode:CARE Peru https://www.care-international.org/our-work/where-we-work/peruConnect with Irene on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/irenearellano/I hope you've enjoyed listening to this episode of the Fundraising Radicals podcast and that this conversation has challenged, informed, and maybe even inspired you and your fundraising leadership practice.
This podcast has been made possible by the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network, CARE International, the Ashmore Foundation, and our growing community of strategic partners.
We're excited to explore and share alternative views and experiences so we can all move beyond the narrow experiences that dominate global fundraising practise today so that we're all better equipped to resource our causes and communities wherever in the world we are.
Please do subscribe to the podcast on the platform of your choice.
New episodes drop on the 1st & 15th of every month, so make sure to tune in to get more global perspectives on fundraising and leadership in the non-profit sector.
More about Fundraising Radicals:If you want to find out all the ways in which we’re working to empower, equip and engage fundraisers all over the world:
Visit our website https://www.fundraisingradicals.com/Read our blog https://www.fundraisingradicals.com/blog Follow Fundraising Radicals on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/fundraisingradicalsFollow Craig on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigpollardfundraisingradicalsAnd we're always looking for new perspectives. So if you would be willing to share some of your experience of global fundraising within a future episode of the podcast, please do email us. It's [email protected]
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This second season of the Fundraising Radicals podcast, we'll continue our exploration of global fundraising, sharing perspectives and experiences from Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.
We're going to delve into:
some of the challenges and opportunities of fundraising in Laossocial innovation and impact investment in Perucommunity funding and solidarity in South Africathe long journey to a major institutional partnership in Malawisocial enterprise in the Gambiacorporate partnerships in Sri Lankafunding a climate and gender justice project in the Amazonand much, much more.
We're excited to explore and share alternative views and experiences so we can all move beyond the narrow experiences that dominate global fundraising practise today so that we're all better equipped to resource our causes and communities wherever in the world we are.
If you'd like to find out more about our work, visit www.fundraisingradicals.com.
This podcast has been made possible by the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network, Care International, the Ashmore Foundation, and our growing community of strategic partners.
Please do subscribe to the podcast on the platform of your choice.
New episodes drop on the 1st & 15th of every month, so make sure to tune in to get more global perspectives on fundraising and leadership in the non-profit sector.
More about Fundraising Radicals:If you want to find out all the ways in which we’re working to empower, equip and engage fundraisers all over the world:
Visit our website https://www.fundraisingradicals.comRead our blog https://www.fundraisingradicals.com/blog Follow Fundraising Radicals on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/fundraisingradicals Follow Craig on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigpollardfundraisingradicalsAnd we're always looking for new perspectives. So if you would be willing to share some of your experience of global fundraising within a future episode of the podcast, please do email us. It's [email protected].
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Today's fundraising leadership conversation is with the ever modest Cosmas Makamet, in Papua New Guinea.
Cosmas is the manager of FORCERT, a sustainable forestry nonprofit operating in Papua New Guinea. FORCERT is owned by the indigenous communities of PNG and they have built trusted partnerships that are critical to protecting land rights in the face of logging and palm oil companies. Their work within these communities is critical to sustaining the forests and biodiversity of Papua New Guinea, which is in turn critical for the future of the whole planet.
I've been working with Cosmas and FORCERT for the past few years to help them build a sustainable fundraising model that includes global institutions, international partnerships, local trusts and companies, and a social enterprise arm so that their work can continue.
FORCERT is an amazing organisation working at the sharp end of biodiversity loss prevention and has developed an effective model for community engagement, ownership and empowerment.
This is a TINY NONPROFIT facing up to global companies and national government.
It's INCREDIBLE, BRAVE and DEEPLY INSPIRING.
It's always wonderful catching up with Cosmas and I know you'll enjoy meeting him today and will be inspired hearing about the work of FORCERT.
Resources and links mentioned in this episode:FORCERT http://www.forcertpng.orgConnect with Cosmas on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/cosmas-makamet-33640163/I hope you've enjoyed listening to this episode of the Fundraising Radicals podcast and that this conversation has challenged, informed, and maybe even inspired you and your fundraising leadership practice.
As always, we're grateful to Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network and Care International who are co-funding the Global Radicals Fundraising Leadership Programme, of which this podcast is just one part as we navigate global fundraising together as a global community.
Please do subscribe to the podcast on the platform of your choice.
If you're a regular listener, you may have noticed that we've recently switched the frequency of these episodes. We've learned a lot over the last few months as we've set this podcast up, as we found our rhythm and what works. We are in this for the long term.
Our promise to you is that every month, we'll continue to explore new global perspectives on fundraising and leadership from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America, that challenge us all to think differently about our communities, our causes, and our charities and their place in the world.
New episodes drop on the 1st of every month, so make sure to tune in to get more global perspectives on fundraising and leadership in the non-profit sector.
More about Fundraising Radicals:If you want to find out all the ways in which we’re working to empower, equip and engage fundraisers all over the world:
Visit our website https://www.fundraisingradicals.comRead our blog https://www.fundraisingradicals.com/blog Follow Fundraising Radicals on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/fundraisingradicals Follow Craig on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigpollardfundraisingradicals -
Today's fundraising leadership conversation comes from Jakarta in Indonesia, the world's most generous country. No country in the world gives as much per capita to charities.
This conversation is with Luki Kurniyawan, who is the Director of Support Operations for Yayasan CARE Peduli, CARE international's lead NGO partner in Indonesia. Luki's remit includes coordinating the whole internal structure of YCP to deliver its strategic objectives, with responsibility for fundraising thrown in too.
In this conversation we're going to be talking about the practical side of corporate partnerships:
where they come fromhow to build themhow to present costs and budgets (that level of detail)how to manage expectations and relationships along the wayThis was a really interesting conversation for me. I've always enjoyed the challenges and opportunities of initiating and building corporate partnerships as the points where two very different worlds, cultures, ideologies collide.
It was great to hear Luki's perspectives and ideas and I’m sure you’ll enjoy my conversation with him today.
Resources and links mentioned in this episode:CARE International https://www.care-international.org/Yayasan CARE Peduli https://careindonesia.or.id/en/home/I hope you've enjoyed listening to this episode of the Fundraising Radicals podcast and that this conversation has challenged, informed, and maybe even inspired you and your fundraising leadership practice.
As always, we're grateful to Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network and Care International who are co-funding the Global Radicals Fundraising Leadership Programme, of which this podcast is just one part as we navigate global fundraising together as a global community.
Please do subscribe to the podcast on the platform of your choice.
If you're a regular listener, you may have noticed that we've recently switched the frequency of these episodes. We've learned a lot over the last few months as we've set this podcast up, as we found our rhythm and what works. We are in this for the long term.
Our promise to you is that every month, we'll continue to explore new global perspectives on fundraising and leadership from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America, that challenge us all to think differently about our communities, our causes, and our charities and their place in the world.
New episodes drop on the 1st of every month, so make sure to tune in to get more global perspectives on fundraising and leadership in the non-profit sector.
More about Fundraising Radicals:If you want to find out all the ways in which we’re working to empower, equip and engage fundraisers all over the world:
Visit our website https://www.fundraisingradicals.comRead our blog https://www.fundraisingradicals.com/blog Follow Fundraising Radicals on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/fundraisingradicals Follow Craig on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigpollardfundraisingradicals -
Today's fundraising leadership conversation comes from Kenya and is with Tessy Maritim, former Organisation Development Coordinator at Care International and soon to be Oxford MBA student.
We're going to be talking about many things in this episode today, among them:
Africa's creative industry, leadership and international development.how to change systems, shift power and localise development within a major international NGOTessy’s personal educational journey, the challenges and triumph of gaining a scholarshipand much, much more.I know you’ll enjoy meeting Tessy in our conversation today.
Resources and links mentioned in this episode:Care International https://www.care-international.org/I hope you've enjoyed listening to this episode of the Fundraising Radicals podcast and that this conversation has challenged, informed, and maybe even inspired you and your fundraising leadership practice.
As always, we're grateful to Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network and Care International who are co-funding the Global Radicals Fundraising Leadership Programme, of which this podcast is just one part as we navigate global fundraising together as a global community.
Please do subscribe to the podcast on the platform of your choice.
New episodes drop on the 1st of each month, so make sure to tune in to get more global perspectives on fundraising and leadership in the non-profit sector.
More about Fundraising Radicals:If you want to find out all the ways in which we’re working to empower, equip and engage fundraisers all over the world:
Visit our website https://www.fundraisingradicals.comRead our blog https://www.fundraisingradicals.com/blog Follow Fundraising Radicals on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/fundraisingradicals Follow Craig on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigpollardfundraisingradicals -
Today's fundraising leadership conversation comes from Cambodia and is with Sinketh Arun, Co-Director of Fundraising at the Angkor Hospital for Children in Siem Reap. We're going to be talking about corporate partnerships, about growing up in the shadow of the Pol Pot regime and lots, lots more.
This episode focuses on
building capacity and knowledge among healthcare workers and villagersthe importance of connecting with others and sharing knowledgeSinketh also shares her personal journey from being a nurse to becoming a fundraiser and highlights the strong relationships the hospital has with donors in Cambodia.
I think you might be surprised by what's going on in Cambodia. It's so wonderful just to be able to share successful fundraising from places that often are deeply underestimated. I feel like there is much inspiration to be gained from fundraising across Asia, Africa, Middle East, and Latin America. That's a big part of what we're trying to do here.
I know you’ll enjoy meeting Arun today.
Resources and links mentioned in this episode:Find Sinketh Arun on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arun-sinketh-b35162229/Angkor Hospital for Children https://angkorhospital.org/I hope you've enjoyed listening to this episode of the Fundraising Radicals podcast and that this conversation has challenged, informed, and maybe even inspired you and your fundraising leadership practice.
As always, we're grateful to Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network and Care International who are co-funding the Global Radicals Fundraising Leadership Programme, of which this podcast is just one part as we navigate global fundraising together as a global community.
Please do subscribe to the podcast on the platform of your choice.
New episodes drop on the 1st and 15th of each month, so make sure to tune in to get more global perspectives on fundraising and leadership in the non-profit sector.
More about Fundraising Radicals:If you want to find out all the ways in which we’re working to empower, equip and engage fundraisers all over the world:
Visit our website https://www.fundraisingradicals.comRead our blog https://www.fundraisingradicals.com/blog Follow Fundraising Radicals on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/fundraisingradicals Follow Craig on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigpollardfundraisingradicals -
This episode of the Fundraising Radicals Podcast is a special conversation for me.
It really has been my privilege and has been one of the most humbling experiences of my career to have been working alongside Dr Syed Muqadas for the past four years.
Syed trained as a medical doctor specialising in paediatrics in China and Pakistan. He is the Director of AMRAN the Afghan Mobile Reconstruction Association and co-chair of the Afghanistan Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Alliance based in Kabul.
Syed has always had the option to leave Afghanistan and join his family in the United States, but he has stayed.
During this time, at huge personal risk, he has been mobilising the people and funds that supports families in the local community - he has done this consistently between the withdrawal of US forces to the uncertain peace that has included a devastated economy, drastic cuts in overseas aid, economic sanctions, regular office raids, staff beatings, extrajudicial killings, and 97% of the population living beneath the global poverty line.
I find it incredible and inspiring that Syed always manages to rise above the personal challenges and somehow navigates one of the most hostile fundraising environments in the world.
Today we talk about the whole spectrum of resource mobilisation; fundraising overseas diaspora, Zakat during Ramadan and beyond, building social enterprises that empowers women, community fundraising in the US in solidarity with communities with Afghanistan, accessing shrinking institutional overseas aid, United Nations funding, the Taliban’s economic policies, and pitching to regional and national governments.
Syed’s stories and examples are always fascinating and build on evidence and deep experience, his ambition for the community is inspiring, and his example is deeply humbling.
I know you’ll enjoy meeting Syed.
Resources and links mentioned in this episode:Find Dr Syed Muqadas on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/muqadas-syed/I hope you've enjoyed listening to this episode of the Fundraising Radicals podcast and that this conversation has challenged, informed, and maybe even inspired you and your fundraising leadership practice.
As always, we're grateful to Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network and Care International who are co-funding the Global Radicals Fundraising Leadership Programme, of which this podcast is just one part as we navigate global fundraising together as a global community.
Please do subscribe to the podcast on the platform of your choice.
New episodes drop on the 1st and 15th of each month, so make sure to tune in to get more global perspectives on fundraising and leadership in the non-profit sector.
More about Fundraising Radicals:If you want to find out all the ways in which we’re working to empower, equip and engage fundraisers all over the world:
Visit our website https://www.fundraisingradicals.comRead our blog https://www.fundraisingradicals.com/blog Follow Fundraising Radicals on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/fundraisingradicals Follow Craig on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigpollardfundraisingradicals -
Today's conversation is with Dr Thi An Nguyen, who is the Vietnam country director for the International NGO Health Bridge, which is headquartered in Canada.
An was born during the final days of the US war in Vietnam and you'll find out how the legacies of that have influenced her choice of mission and shaped the shifting priorities of nutrition advocacy.
Today, we'll be talking about the limitations that are faced by international funding organisations working in Vietnam and how to secure funding for nutrition advocacy and finally balance government partnerships. Imagine, for example, having to secure formal government sign off to renew your organisational registration every five years, or for every single new project and event or conference.
Now, An was reluctant to record this interview because she felt that her English was not good enough. Her words, I strongly disagreed. I let her know that our listeners were willing to listen harder in order to learn the important lessons from people like An who are fundraising beyond the narrow borders of BBC style English.
This reminds me that English is the dominant language of fundraising and the international charity sector. It's therefore exclusive and a massive barrier for those trying to fundraise, people like An who are qualified doctors and speak multiple languages. Imagine completing a 60 page funding proposal in a language that is your third or fourth. English as the dominant language of fundraising is also a barrier for us. It gets in the way of us learning lessons from other cultures and places as people feel less confident of the value of their experiences and are more reluctant to share their deeply valuable expertise.
I hope you enjoy meeting An today and it gives you insight into the challenges of securing funding in Vietnam. I'm sure that much of what An shares is relevant to you if you're working in Asia, Africa, the Middle East or Latin America, where government policies can significantly narrow fundraising opportunities and even freedoms. But there are so many things we can all take away from this, whether it's the role of grit and determination in fundraising success and the ability of people like An to find motivation and continue their work even when the odds are so powerfully stacked against them. Or whether it's managing the real life stress of fundraising, sharing the burden of designing and delivering major complex proposals across multiple stakeholder groups. And, of course, the many lessons we can learn from proposals that aren't successful. And the silver lining that is new partnerships and conversations and ideas that are initiated as we explore fundraising opportunities.
Resources and links mentioned in this episode:Healthbridge Country Director https://healthbridge.ca/staff/nguyen-thi-anI hope you've enjoyed listening to this episode of the Fundraising Radicals podcast and that this conversation has challenged, informed, and maybe even inspired you and your fundraising leadership practice.
As always, we're grateful to Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network and Care International who are co-funding the Global Radicals Fundraising Leadership Programme, of which this podcast is just one part as we navigate global fundraising together as a global community.
Please do subscribe to the podcast on the platform of your choice.
New episodes drop on the 1st and 15th of each month, so make sure to tune in to get more global perspectives on fundraising and leadership in the non-profit sector.
More about Fundraising Radicals:If you want to find out all the ways in which we’re working to empower, equip and engage fundraisers all over the world:
Visit our website https://www.fundraisingradicals.comRead our blog https://www.fundraisingradicals.com/blog Follow Fundraising Radicals on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/fundraisingradicals Follow Craig on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigpollardfundraisingradicals -
Today's conversation is with Dr Kyaw Moe Tun, the president of Parami University, Myanmar's first and only Liberal Arts And Sciences University in Myanmar. Kyaw Moe Tun raised $5,000,000 to make Parami a reality almost entirely from donors within Myanmar. This is a masterclass in how to raise funding wherever you are and what it takes to turn your vision into reality even when the odds are completely stacked against you.
I want to also give you some context on Kyaw Moe Tun's situation. In April 2021, during the coup in Myanmar, and soon after losing his father to COVID, Dr Kyaw Moe Tun was denounced by the military government on national TV, with a full 45 seconds dedicated just to him, alongside, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and many others. Imagine that for a moment. In one minute, having everyone and everything you care about being publicly threatened by the government of your nation and faced with arrest in the notorious insane prison on the outskirts of Yangon. So for his own safety, for the safety of his family and to preserve Parami University, Kyaw Moe Tun left his home, trekked through the jungle, was smuggled across borders and eventually gained asylum in the US where he is continuing his work in exile.
Some conversations just stand by themselves and really don't need me to add anything else to them. This puts my own existence and effort into stark relief. I know that my fundraising will always be relatively easy. But this also gives me hope, that there are thousands of people like Kyaw Moe Tun all over the world dedicating their lives to causes that really deeply matter, even in the face of an overwhelming personal cost.
I hope you enjoy meeting the brilliant, incredible Dr Kyaw Moe Tun in this conversation.
Note: You’ll hear Myanmar and Burma being used throughout this episode - they are both names of the country being used interchangeably.
Resources and links mentioned in this episode:Read about Parami University here https://www.parami.edu.mm/Find Dr Kyaw Moe Tun on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-kyaw-moe-tun-5a256558/?originalSubdomain=mm Important Request:If you are an experienced fundraiser based in North America or Europe and have a deep connection or deep interest in Myanmar or Liberal Arts And Sciences education and if you've been inspired by the vision and determination, and if you want to volunteer your time and fundraising skills, for free, to help make this happen for Parami University, please do get in touch with me at [email protected]. and we will share your details with the Parami team.
I hope you've enjoyed listening to this episode of the Fundraising Radicals podcast and that this conversation has challenged, informed, and maybe even inspired you and your fundraising leadership practice.
Please do subscribe to the podcast on the platform of your choice.
New episodes drop on the 1st and 15th of each month, so make sure to tune in to get more global perspectives on fundraising and leadership in the non-profit sector.
More about Fundraising Radicals:If you want to find out all the ways in which we’re working to empower, equip and engage fundraisers all over the world:
Visit our website https://www.fundraisingradicals.comRead our blog https://www.fundraisingradicals.com/blog Follow Fundraising Radicals on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/fundraisingradicals Follow Craig on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigpollardfundraisingradicals -
Today's conversation and dose of ideas and inspiration comes from Ezra Hirawani here in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Ezra, alongside Rob and Ben, his colleagues, is a co-founder of the Kaupapa Maori business, Nau Mai Rā, which is an alternative energy firm founded in Maori values and principles. They provide electricity to their customers and that enables them to support communities and the 130,000 families here in New Zealand who are living in power poverty.
They have recently raised more than $600,000 from their community for their community.
Ezra's work and impact led to him being recognized as the Kiwi Bank Young New Zealander of the Year. And he talks a little bit about how he stayed grounded following the sudden visibility that this brought.
Every conversation I've ever had with Ezra fills me with joy.
His humility and authenticity shine through in every word. He's living proof that you don't have to change who you are and you don't ever have to compromise your values to be an effective leader and to secure the funding you need to turn your idea into impact.
I hope our conversation makes you think differently about how social impact is evolving and who can make a difference.
Ez and Nau Mai Rā aren't just disrupting the energy sector here in Aotearoa New Zealand, they're creating a new model of social impact that is founded in values and thoughtfully balances business and financial sustainability with deep social impact.
They're also building a carefully balanced community and shifting people from being one dimensional customers to becoming engaged citizens, leveraging their energy consumption to make a social difference.
There are lessons here in how we approach this shift from customer to citizen with our own communities of donors and partners.
This conversation is also about finding the spaces for collaboration where incentives and motivations overlap. If we can understand what motivates individuals and groups to action, then we can leverage commercial products and behaviors. And that means we can build organic movements, nurture and grow social impact, and we can transform customers into citizens. And then together, we make systemic change possible.
For me, there's something powerful about the equity and respect within the Nau Mai Rā community. These citizens, whether they're living in power poverty, or they're purchasing power, they're all part of the extended community that are the whānau of Nau Mai Rā.
But this isn't just about patiently and thoughtfully solving power poverty in partnership with others. It's about shifting how we think about community and how we engage and mobilise citizens within our society to deliver and achieve equity.
How all of this takes deep confidence, the sort of resilient confidence that can only root and grow in the most powerful places. Those places where our causes overlap with our convictions.
Resources and links mentioned in this episode:Read about the collective impact of Nau Mai Rā in Aotearoa, New Zealand
https://www.naumaira.nz/Find Ezra on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ezra-hirawani-267347108/Read about Ezra’s Young New Zealander of the Year award here https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/young-new-zealander-of-the-year-ezra-hirawani-maori-power-company-nau-mai-ra-co-founder/ISSNX35XI57BLY3TP3C5VC7UNY/I hope you've enjoyed listening to this episode of the Fundraising Radicals podcast and that this conversation has challenged, informed, and maybe even inspired you and your fundraising leadership practice.
Please do subscribe to the podcast on the platform of your choice.
New episodes drop on the 1st and 15th of each month, so make sure to tune in to get more global perspectives on fundraising and leadership in the non-profit sector.
More about Fundraising Radicals:If you want to find out all the ways in which we’re working to empower, equip and engage fundraisers all over the world:
Visit our website https://www.fundraisingradicals.comRead our blog https://www.fundraisingradicals.com/blog Follow Fundraising Radicals on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/fundraisingradicals Follow Craig on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigpollardfundraisingradicals -
Today's conversation and dose of fundraising ideas, inspiration, optimism and joy comes from Martha Awojobi. Martha is a consultant for nonprofits and she specialises in events, recruitment and income generation, with an anti racist lens, she curates BAME Online, which is a conference and a series of online events that centre fundraisers of colour, showcase new talent and create the space for the challenging conversations we must have if we are ever to get to the heart of how we can dismantle structural racism in fundraising and in the wider charity sector.
Her mission is to support black and brown led organisations who are critically underfunded and under resourced, to do brilliant work in their communities and to ensure that black and brown fundraisers are able to thrive within their organisations. I am really excited to be talking with Martha today and having a conversation that really matters. Yes, we're going to talk about white supremacy, about privilege and racism in fundraising, about the systems and structures of oppression that we're all conscripted into yet fighting against. But we're also going to talk about what lies on the other side of these challenging conversations. This matters not only for fundraising and the nonprofit sector in the UK, but globally.
At its heart, this is about equity, decolonization and dismantling centuries of global oppression and how we as fundraisers can find our place, our purpose and even joy as we challenge ourselves, others and our organisations to collaborate and change.
There are so many brilliant ideas and challenges in this conversation, but I love how Martha presents these as our shared collective challenge and her sense of optimism and joy for what lies on the other side of these transformative and necessarily difficult conversations, the ones that we have to have with ourselves and each other and within the charity sector.
I'm also really grateful to Martha for this conversation, for her energy, her kindness, her passion and her tolerance. It felt like a learning journey for me personally, and I can totally see why organisations seek out Martha to guide them, not only to secure funding, but to also use this process to navigate the deep personal journeys that engage us with white supremacy and racism within fundraising and the charity sector and how we can dismantle these structures and systems that conscript us.
Imagine if we were to move away from the false urgency that the fundraising, nonprofit and donor dynamic have created. If we can move forwards with collaboration and humility, that we can't fix this ourselves, and that we must centre the communities that do hold new ideas and models.
If we're willing to stop running in the wrong direction and look around and listen, we might just find more economies of solidarity. I hope that this conversation helps more of us white men and women working within the nonprofit sector to reflect on our privileges, to challenge ourselves and define the roles we can play in deconstructing these systems.
Some first steps might be to read the books that Martha suggests, which are linked below. And of course, do register for the next #BAMEOnline conference. I'll see you there.
Resources and links mentioned in this episode:Register for the next BAME Online Conference
https://www.jmb-consulting.co.uk/bameonlineFind Martha on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/marthaawojobi/Recommended Reading Material:Giving Back: How to Do Good, Better by Derek A. Bardowell
White Supremacy Culture website
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Outsiders-Within-Derek-Bardowell/dp/0349701970
https://www.whitesupremacyculture.info/White Supremacy Culture - Free PDF book
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XR_7M_9qa64zZ00_JyFVTAjmjVU-uSz8/viewThe Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex
https://www.amazon.com/Revolution-Will-Not-Funded-Non-Profit/dp/0822369001White Saviorism in International Development: Theories, Practices and Lived Experiences
https://www.amazon.com.au/White-Saviorism-International-Development-Experiences/dp/1990263186I hope you've enjoyed listening to this episode of the Fundraising Radicals podcast and that this conversation has challenged, informed, and maybe even inspired you and your fundraising leadership practice.
Please do subscribe to the podcast on the platform of your choice.
New episodes drop on the 1st and 15th of each month, so make sure to tune in to get more global perspectives on fundraising and leadership in the non-profit sector.
You can find translated shownotes & transcripts of this podcast in French and Spanish here: https://www.fundraisingradicals.com/podcast-transcripts
More about Fundraising Radicals:If you want to find out all the ways in which we’re working to empower, equip and engage fundraisers all over the world:
Visit our website https://www.fundraisingradicals.comRead our blog https://www.fundraisingradicals.com/blog Follow Fundraising Radicals on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/fundraisingradicals Follow Craig on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigpollardfundraisingradicals - Mostrar más
