Strengthening giving partnerships between businesses and civil society in Jinja.

The second meeting between private corporations and civil society organizations was hosted on May 26, 2022, by CivSource Africa. This activity was conducted with support from the USAID/Civil Society Strengthening Activity. The meeting took place at Source of the Nile Hotel in Jinja with 15 participants in total i.e., 7 private businesses and 8 civil society organisations.

The convening was organized to strengthen civil society through fostering philanthropic partnerships between the organisations and private businesses. To build an understanding of how businesses undertake philanthropy, CivSource Africa shared the preliminary findings of a scan that explored philanthropy by the private sector. The Philanthropy Program Team went ahead to facilitate sessions to uncover the strengths, weaknesses and opportunities that lay in multi-sectoral partnerships, the practical steps of initiating partnerships between the two sectors and explored the areas of biases and synergy between the two sectors.

The next meeting will take place on 23rd July 2022 in Gulu City.