Download the new research paper from Karolina Soliar, 2024 / 2025 #ShiftThePower Fellow, Re-shaping the Humanitarian System: How Local Organizations Can Use Narrative and Stories to Have Better Dialogue with Donors (also available in Ukrainian).    We are part of one of the first generations able to watch global crises unfold in real time. War, climate collapse, political extremism — we consume them through endless streams of headlines, statistics and live broadcasts. The result is a strange contradiction: we know more about suffering than ever before, yet often feel powerless in front of it. People need an antidote. To me, community philanthropy is...

  Download the new research paper from Gerald Kankya of the Twerwaneho Listeners' Club, Understanding the Relationship Between Community Philanthropy and Social Justice Movement Building in Western Uganda.   Western Uganda is one of the country’s most naturally endowed, resource-rich regions. Though large-scale “conservation” and "development" projects across the region – financed by external actors with significant resources and power – have led to human rights violations, economic displacement and attacks against human rights defenders. But in the face of such pressure, communities and social justice movements are mobilizing: not waiting for external support, they are resourcing their own struggles against harmful investments....