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Building Alliances from the Communities
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Climate resilience
Meet Huong: Turning Environmental Activism into Children’s Publishing
Thanks to GFC's Spark Fund financial support, knowledge, and network, I successfully founded a social enterprise in children’s publishing on environmental themes and built a creative network of artists dedicated to this cause.
Construir alianzas desde el territorio
Entre abril y junio de 2025, desde Global Fund for Children (GFC) recorrimos territorios de Honduras y Colombia a través de la iniciativa HEEL —palabra maya que significa transformación y que impulsa masculinidades cuidadoras—. No llegamos con recetas ni con diagnósticos definitivos. Llegamos con preguntas, con tiempo y con la disposición de dejarnos transformar por los encuentros.
Building Alliances from the Communities
Between April and June 2025, at Global Fund for Children (GFC), we traveled through communities in Honduras and Colombia as part of the HEEL Initiative —heel, a Maya word meaning transformation and an invitation to nurture caring masculinities. We did not arrive with predesigned solutions or definitive diagnoses. We arrived with questions, with time, and with the willingness to let ourselves be transformed by the encounters.
What's in a Name? How GFC's Non-Financial Support Transforms Nonprofits
At Global Fund for Children (GFC), we know that supporting grassroots organizations goes far beyond writing checks. Our non-financial support includes mentorship, organizational development advice, and yes, helping partners figure out if their name is helping or hindering their mission.
Safety and wellbeing
Addressing Root Causes (ARC) Initiative: Fostering Community-Led Change in Bangladesh
Discover how Global Fund for Children’s Addressing Root Causes (ARC) Initiative empowers communities in Bangladesh to lead change from within. Using the SALT and CLCP approaches, ARC partners are tackling the root causes of child and youth exploitation through trust, reflection, and collective action.
Explore the full report and visual summary to see how community-led change is transforming lives and systems.
Climate resilience
Southeast Asia Spark Fund Summary Report
The Southeast Asia Spark Fund Summary Report highlights how young leaders in Vietnam and Thailand are driving climate justice through flexible funding, innovation, and cross-border collaboration.
Climate resilience
Southeast Asia Spark Fund Phase One Learning Report
The Southeast Asia Spark Fund Phase One Learning Report shares key insights from youth-led participatory grantmaking in Southeast Asia. It highlights how flexible funding, youth decision-making, and multicultural collaboration are transforming philanthropy and driving climate justice.
Climate resilience
Sparking Change: Shifting Power and Resources to Youth
The latest report from Global Fund for Children’s Spark Fund initiative highlights lessons from its youth-led climate action initiative in Southeast Asia, which shifts decision-making power and resources directly to youth. Through participatory grantmaking in Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, the report explores how flexible funding, youth leadership, and cross-cultural collaboration are transforming climate action and philanthropy. It documents personal stories, organizational impact, and strategic lessons for funders seeking more inclusive, adaptive, and effective approaches to climate justice.
Education
The Recharging Education Civil Society in Guatemala and Honduras (RECARGA)– Phase I Report
Discover how RECARGA mobilized $1.4 million to strengthen education civil society in Guatemala and Honduras after COVID-19. Over three years, partners reached 45,000+ children and youth, strengthened grassroots organizations, and advanced community-based, gender-transformative, and Indigenous-rooted approaches to education.
RECARGA Fase Uno Reporte
Descubre cómo RECARGA fortaleció la sociedad civil educativa en Guatemala y Honduras, alcanzando a 45,000+ niños y jóvenes y apoyando enfoques comunitarios, inclusivos y con perspectiva de género.