In this week’s episode, we speak to Nancy Kankam Kusi from West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) about their focus on advocacy, influencing, and facilitating an enabling environment for civil s
Rethinking Humanitarian Principles? Consider Community, Context, and Common Sense
In 2022, Ground Truth Solutions and UNICEF launched a project in Chad and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that aimed to ensure the people affected by the overlapping crises in each country cou
The Sun is Falling”: Evidence of how Local Practices are Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change, and what more can be done – Lessons Learnt from Community Voices through the ‘Local Leadership for Global Impact’ project
To understand how knowledge and practice from communities at the frontline of the climate crisis can be used to plan for complex disasters, we organised 10 knowledge exchange visits between local civ
Local leadership is what it took to make a CVA breakthrough in Sudan
When it came to the cash distribution in Sudan, local actors’ understanding of the target neighbourhood contexts and fast changing dynamics were central to success. Without local leadership there wou
Operationalizing Locally-Led Development: Cultivating a Healthy Global Development Ecosystem
In recent years we’ve seen growing geopolitical polarization, increasing violent conflict and humanitarian crises, and tightening restrictions on civic space. These challenges, on top of the global p
How to fund refugee-led aid
Refugee-led organisations (RLOs) have garnered growing attention in recent years as key first-responders to humanitarian needs in the communities they are a part of and that they serve. But RLOs rece
Why aren’t we there yet? Understanding and addressing donor barriers to localisation in climate adaptation
Localisation has become a major concern across the development and humanitarian sectors. It is driving donor efforts to increase direct access for local actors to donor resources, as well as promotin
How to localize (and revolutionize) humanitarian aid? Insights from local actors in the Philippines
Despite global aspirations to localize humanitarian response and shift decision-making authority, leadership, and resources to local actors in the lead up to and during emergencies, significant chall
We need learners and thinkers on the humanitarian frontline
When humanitarians go to communities in crisis, we must first observe, see things and try to understand the dynamics. If community members are surviving in the middle of a problem, it follows that th
Peace Starts Here – The Global Movement for Local Peacebuilders.
Wednesday 31st January 2024: Today, a cohort of local peacebuilders from around the world launch Peace Starts Here, a global movement for peacebuilders. The campaigners are inviting people to sign a