The Indigenous Women’s Council (IWC) marked its 10th anniversary in Nanyuki with a five-day convening that felt less like a ceremony and more like a living archive of courage, culture, and community power. Hosted by Samburu Women Trust under the leadership of Jane Meriwas, the gathering brought together over 400 elders, youth, activists, and allies from Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, including representatives from Pokot, Samburu, Turkana, Maasai, Somali, and Ankole communities.

What We Learned from the UAP Umbrella Reserve Fund Session In a learning session hosted by CivFund, grassroots partners moved sustainability from a buzzword to a practical pathway, exploring how civil society organisations can shift from surviving between grants to building financial independence through unit trusts and reserve funds. Framed as both a technical and feminist conversation about money, power, and autonomy, the session unpacked unit trusts as stable, collective i

At the Zishaye Grassroots Fund (ZGF) Partners Convening in Gulu (May, 2025), more than eighty grassroots changemakers gathered under...