Sub Saharan Africa (SSA)
This group is for funders, their grantee partners, CSO networks and their members and individual organizations working throughout Sub Saharan Africa. Use this group to discuss issues of shared concern, share opportunities for collaboration and support.
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African NGOs seek more funds, trust, and autonomy in global partnerships
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In the conservation world, partnerships between the big international NGOs, or BINGOs, and local grassroots organizations are often marriages of unequals. And as with any union, the biggest pain points appear to be money, trust, and autonomy.
For organizations working in Africa, the relationship is further complicated by local organizations’ dependence on foreign funding — about 80%, according to one estimate. Much of it is mediated through large NGOs present in multiple countries headquartered in the Global North, with better access to financial capital and global networks.
A recent report from U.S. nonprofit Maliasili sought to scrutinize these partnerships between BINGOs and conservation-focused civil society organizations in Africa. The latter are entities “rooted in their communities or countries’ civil society,” seen as having great potential as change-makers because they tap into the knowledge and experience of the communities in which they’re embedded.
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