The GFCF is delighted to announce the appointment of Janet Mawiyoo to its board. Janet brings over 30 years experience of being a leader in the global majority, having worked with both local and international organizations. Before her current role as Team Leader at Galvanizing Africa Consult, Janet was the Executive Director of the Kenya Community Development Foundation (KCDF). She was in the position for 17 years, leading and growing the first community foundation in East and Central Africa. During her time at KCDF, Janet played a leading role in exploring what community philanthropy means in the African setting, and building the...

  About the GFCF and #ShiftThePower The GFCF works to strengthen, harness and demonstrate the value of community philanthropy as an essential element of community-led development and as a strategy for shifting power. Through small grants, technical support, peer exchange and evidence based learning, the GFCF helps to strengthen community philanthropy institutions around the world, so that they can fulfil their potential as vehicles for locally-led development, and as part of the larger global infrastructure for progressive social change. #ShiftThePower is a mobilizing force and movement of people and organizations around the world that seeks to highlight, harness, resource, legitimize and join up...