CivSource Annual Report 2021
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CivSource Africa had a fantastic day on Tuesday, February 15th, 2022. We met the staff at Ahaki and talked and shared ideas about transitions in Ugandan non-governmental organizations.
Ahaki is an African Institute that creates information and strengthens advocacy capacity in the fields of health, human rights, and sexual and reproductive health rights using Africentric methods in a national and global context.
January 31st, 2021 marked the start of Kuonyesha Art Fund's Journey to Mali to attend the Seguo Art Festival and the Forum Maaya Africa themed – Arts and Maaya.
The celebrations began on February 1st, 2022. We were taken on a cultural, artistic, and entrepreneurial tour. We witnessed the city come to life just because of the vitality of the arts and many cultural events.
I acknowledge the strides towards equality. I acknowledge the labor of love of my ancestors. I acknowledge the many women firsts who paved the way for me. I remind myself everyday, not to take their wins for granted.
I acknowledge the baton handed down to me. I acknowledge the work and contribution I have to make to add onto, to weave into the equality basket they weaved for me. I acknowledge that equality begins with me and how I treat those around me. I cannot demand equality from others and yet shun it myself. Read more
Amanda Tumusiime, an associate professor at Makerere University and Head of Department of Visual Communications Design and Multimedia, shares her talent to meet the community's urgent needs. Her charitable efforts have spanned many years and various partnerships. Tumusiime's journey of using her artistic abilities to fundraise for positive community changes began in the 1990s when she participated in an exhibition titled Nyero Gilar Kitgum (Hope for Kitgum), which was organized with support from Uganda's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to benefit the traumatized Kitgum District in Northern Uganda.
Melinda Gates Shifts Her Wealth Away from the Gates Foundation.
Amazing things happen when trust is given, and control is turned over, especially when individuals invested in are fully involved in the success of their community. Last year, in her Giving Pledge letter, Melinda emphasized the significance of trusting the individuals and organizations with whom she would be partnering, enabling them to define success on their own terms.
