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What can climbing a mountain teach us about navigating life's most difficult terrain?
In Episode 25 of the Meet Your Author podcast, CivSource Africa CEO Jacqueline Asiimwe Mwesige joins host Racheal Kizza, a GROW Leadership Programme Cohort 2 alumna, to reflect on her memoir, Facing Mountains. Their conversation explores resilience, the influence of family, the lessons of mountain climbing and how personal experiences can inform purposeful leadership.
An engaging encounter between two members of the wider GROW community, the episode invites listeners to consider the mountains that shape us and the wisdom we carry forward.
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Originally released September 13, 2026.
What does it take for Africa to reclaim its own narrative of generosity? On 8 October 2026, Makerere University, in partnership with CivSource Africa, launched the Ukarimu Centre for Advancing African Philanthropy, creating a multidisciplinary platform dedicated to researching, documenting and strengthening African traditions of giving.
In this article, Makerere University's College of Humanities and Social Sciences explores the Centre's vision, the voices that shaped its launch, and its ambition to connect African knowledge, research, policy and practice while positioning the continent as a producer of philanthropic knowledge.
As CivSource Africa celebrates nine years in philanthropy, our CivSource South Africa team visited African Haven’s Baby Haven in Johannesburg as part of our quarterly outreach and #CivSourceAt9 reflections.
The visit offered important lessons on relationship-centred care, supporting caregivers, helping young people transition from care and growing at a pace that protects quality. It also reminded us that effective philanthropy begins with listening, understanding organisations in their own context and supporting what they identify as most useful.
Read more about what the visit taught us about care, growth and serving well.
Giving to organisations supporting women and girls in the United States reached a record $12.1 billion in 2024, according to the 2026 Women & Girls Index. Yet this represented just 2.07% of all charitable giving. The findings highlight both the growth in philanthropic support and the need for more sustained investment in women and girls.
Read More: Women's Philanthropy Institute, 2026 Women & Girls Index
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As international aid budgets shrink, the crisis facing civil society extends beyond funding. Sofía Sprechmann Sineiro argues that civil society organisations are essential public institutions that protect rights, strengthen participation, support marginalised communities and hold power to account. Their sustainability therefore depends not only on financial adaptation, but also on protecting civic space, building long-term relationships and recognising civil society as part of the infrastructure that allows democracy to survive. Read the full article.
Philanthropy in Mozambique is already alive in everyday community practice. Across the country, people give, organise, save, lend, and support one another through faith groups, community networks, social funds, and practices such as xitique, a community-based savings and lending system.
A new report, “Exploratory Mapping of the Philanthropy Support Ecosystem in Mozambique,” looks at these existing forms of giving and asks what it would take to make them more visible, connected, credible, and locally led. The report highlights the support structures, relationships, and investments needed to strengthen Mozambique’s philanthropy ecosystem over time.
