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Together with community-based partners around the world, we can create meaningful change for children, young people and communities — from improved education and accessibility to reducing violence, especially against girls.
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The Recharging Education Civil Society in Guatemala and Honduras (RECARGA)– Phase I Report
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Challenging Racial Stereotypes and Redefining Masculinity: Learning from Life of a Top Boy
Racial stereotypes and harmful ideas about masculinity still affect how young Black men are seen and treated in society. These narratives are internalised amongst Black boys and men, leading to deep, entrenched fear amongst those that look like them, other Black boys and men. Through Life of a Top Boy, we’ve been tackling these issues directly, working with Black boys and young men to challenge negative labels and build more positive, empowering ideas of what it means to be a Black man today.
GFC’s ground-breaking initiative to improve lives in Bangladesh
Global Fund for Children worked on a ground-breaking initiative with organizations in Bangladesh that support at-risk youth. This phase of the Addressing Root Causes (ARC) initiative focused on personal growth, which rippled through organizations, cohort organizations, and communities to create sustainable locally driven change.
Gender justice
Empowering communities to lead their own development: A pathway to sustainable change in Africa
Global Fund for Children (GFC), with support from the TIDES Foundation and People’s Postcard Lottery, is implementing in a groundbreaking project in Sierra Leone and Liberia. Using GFC’s flexible funding model, community-based organizations are supported to decrease incidents of gender-based violence and improve educational access for girls in the region.
Grassroots grantmaking at Global Fund for Children
The learning brief Grassroots Grantmaking at Global Fund for Children outlines the who, what, where, and how of Global Fund for Children’s (GFC) approaches to funding and supporting community-based changemakers.
No more excuses: Child and youth participation is the future of philanthropy
Elevate Children Funders Group’s Zoe Trout and GFC’s Vanessa Stevens share how meaningful child and youth participation in philanthropy can be a powerful catalyst for increased impact and achieving change.
Traditional evaluation practices are extractive. Philanthropy can shift power to communities through more equitable evaluation.
Global Fund for Children’s Yelizaveta Yanovich, Corey Oser, and John Hecklinger, and GFC Board member Jaclyn Foroughi share strategies and considerations for equitable monitoring, evaluation, and learning in the philanthropy sector.
Synergos Report - Funding from a Place of Trust
Research that includes GFC case studies.
Therapeutic drawing manual
Reconocer las emociones en cuerpo, mente y acciones, por medio de ejercicios básicos de dibujo terapia.
Recognize emotions in body, mind and actions, through basic drawing therapy exercises.
Photo Project: Portraits of a Healthy Masculinity
To continue reflecting on the importance of this work, we recently invited a group of young men from the US, Mexico, and Central America who are committed to gender justice to share with us what healthy masculinity means to them, how they practice it in their daily lives, and how they feel that this process has enriched them.
Healthy Masculinities Museum
The museum is an itinerant artistic project that seeks to raise awareness among children and young people and their communities about the importance of promoting masculinities based on care and social justice.