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April 10, 2024

Building Relationships and Impact: A Visit to Tanzania with GEC, February 2024

By Guillemette Dejean

At the heart of GEC’s work is relationship building. Once established, a relationship creates the firmest foundation for collaborations that solve problems and/or seize opportunity. The deeper and more stable the relationship, the more dynamic and sustainable the collaboration. The purpose of such, is to work towards the shared vision of a world where no…

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March 13, 2024

Funding Locally: Philanthropy’s Role in Supporting Communities

By Fatoumata Jaiteh

AHIRD’s Call for Trust and Collaboration   In the vast landscape of philanthropy, where resources often flow through well-established channels, small and remote Community-Led Organizations (CLOs) located outside of typical NGO-hubs find themselves navigating a labyrinth of challenges.   Driven by a commitment to their communities and armed with a deep understanding of local challenges,…

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March 7, 2024

Let Women Lead the Way

By Anne Wadsworth

  A new generation of women can lead us out of the crises that are stacked against us. Let’s ensure it happens by making sure girls get the education they deserve. By Anne Wadsworth Imagine a world in which so many of the challenges we’re currently navigating — such as the ones that comprise the polycrisis…

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February 13, 2024

Fields of Dreams

By Anne Wadsworth

The answers to many of the world’s greatest challenges may be growing in farms like this one in Tanzania By Anne Robinson Wadsworth In remote northwest Tanzania, there’s a small plot of land that just might be growing the future — and not solely because of what’s in the soil. The Garden for the Future is…

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October 11, 2023

Voices of Kitenga: Peres Munanka’s Inspiring Path to Advocacy

By Guillemette Dejean

After graduating from KGSS in 2020 with the school’s pioneer class, Peres Munanka didn’t take any time off between lower and upper secondary school. Instead, she went onto become GEC’s very first Kitenga volunteer.  At that time, she remarked that she was “happy to volunteer to work with GEC because it is a passion…to see…

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May 24, 2023

Garden For The Future: Healthy People, Healthy Planet

By Guillemette Dejean

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