Engaging homeless populations in public policy in Brazil and getting better at listening in South Africa – see the posters!
16 Mar 2017
The Homeless Population as an Equal Partner in the Development Process
Poster prepared by: ICom – Instituto Comunitário Grande Florianópolis (Brazil)
Over the last year, ICom, a community foundation in Southern Brazil, has worked to bring people experiencing homelessness in Florianopolis into dialogue with local authorities so that their views and perspectives can be heard and incorporated into the development of policy on the issue. The work was funded with a small grant from the GFCF as part of its “Burning Issues” grants programme. Learn more.
Talk less – listen more: the Community Development Foundation Western Cape re-learns the practice of listening to communities
Posted prepared by: Community Development Foundation Western Cape (South Africa)
In 2016, the Community Development Foundation Western Cape, concerned that it had not reacted adequately to a spate of violence against women in the community, embarked on a series of intensive community dialogues on the issue, both to deepen its understanding but also to better prepare itself as a leader, convener and supporter. This poster tells that story.
These posters were part of a Poster Session organized at the Global Summit on Community Philanthropy, which offered participants the chance to share their research, projects, quandaries, and achievements with other Summit attendees. The more than 30 posters displayed made clear the huge range of issues that community philanthropy organizations are responding to around the world. Over the course of 2017 we will be highlighting these posters in our regular GFCF E-Bulletin.