๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฒโ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ.
Insight from Mr. @EricMKimani, CEO, @palmhouse_fdn & Board Chair, @EAPhilanthropy, shared at the live convening on ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ -๐๐๐ซ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ in Nairobi.
Letโs build institutions that outlive their founders, funders, and cycles.
๐๐๐๐ก ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐.
Endowment thinking is how we break that cycle, escaping compliance and running toward continuity.
Imagine this: a community foundation using interest from its endowment to keep girls in school during a funding gap, no frantic calls, no paused programs, no donor panic, ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐: ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐จโ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐โญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
This is a systems indictment โ calling out the crisis of aid, the erosion of civic imagination, and the urgent need for reparative, justice-rooted philanthropy.
๐ฝ๏ธ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ค๐๐ฒ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ: https://t.co/q9i4jyZq8K
Thereโs an Elephant in the Room. Come Help Us Name It.
At the 9th @EAPhilanthropy Conference, our Chief Steward, @latagal, is co-leading a candid conversation about the future of resourcing. The recent and ongoing exits of international funders have exposed uncomfortable truths about how movements are financed across the region. Weโre naming the gaps, the contradictions, and the possibilities.
Itโs time to imagine a different kind of system; one rooted in self-reliance, local giving, and solidarity. Growing local money can exist alongside global resources, but only if weโre willing to face the elephant in the room.
No teargas or bullets for paid protestors. Now you understand why the majority of Kenyans are saying #RutoMustGo.
@NPSOfficial_KE will not even bother paid demonstrators but a young GenZ with a smartphone carrying a placard will be beaten, abducted or worse shot dead.