The Africa Social Justice Philanthropy Group: More Revolutionaries or Resolutionaries?

Last March, a small group of social justice philanthropy thinkers and advocates gathered for a 2 day meeting at the sidelines of the WINGS Conference in Istanbul, Turkey. Participants were mainly from Africa but we also had a few from the diaspora and the global SJP community. The meeting was a culmination of offline and…

Can “Philanthropic” Intentions Be as Good as Philanthropy?!

By Rita Thapa Yesterday I was invited to watch “Waiting For Mamu” - a film made on 2012 CNN Hero, Pushpa Basnet. From start to finish tears flowed down my face shamelessly. More so, when Pushpa who has now taken in over 100 children of jailed mothers from 14 prisons across Nepal, spoke of how the “Butterfly…