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Degan Ali shares her excitement on the Pledge for Change's Accountability and Learning Mechanism. We are thankful to work in partnership and collaboration: encouraging and experimenting with new paradigms for power, accountability and learning. Missed the intro video on PALM? Check it out here: 🎥 https://lnkd.in/e8aMRfec and learn how it's is designed to track the progress of the signatories in delivering the pledges. #PledgeForChange MEDA (Mennonite Economic Development Associates) CARE International Christian Aid Cordaid FHI 360 Mercy Corps Oxfam Plan International Save the Children International Children’s Villages Norway SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit The International Rescue Committee Women for Women International Abs Development organization for woman and child (ADO) AMALNA (Our Hope) South Sudan AMPLIFY GIRLS Asylum Access CDA Collaborative Learning Projects CDP Phillipines Centre for Humanitarian Leadership Centre for Peace and Democracy (CPD) CHIDDO South Sudan Firelight Fondation Communautaire Haitienne-ESPWA Hope Revival Organization (HRO) Organization Health Poverty Action Humanitarian Aid International Humentum InterAction Lepra Loop Nexus The Prince's Trust Pro Vida The Power of Nutrition Pujiono Centre Purposeful Refugee Welfare Association Cameroon (REWAC) Social Policy Institute Somali Advocacy and Relief Organization (SARO) The Innovation The Sherwood Way UPDDHE/GL Upinion West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) WILD Network Youth Net and Counselling (YONECO) Youth Up Foundation Zambian Governance Foundation INTRAC TAMM

The #PledgeForChange community was borne out of a frustration on the slow progress on commitments to locally led development. Led by Degan Ali (CEO of Adeso, a Kenya-based NGO), the movement convened the most senior leaders of some of the world’s largest international NGOs for a series of reflection sessions focused on learning, unlearning, and exploring how they could use their leadership power and influence to drive real change, both in their organisations and in the wider humanitarian and development sectors. This article, penned by Degan and Pledge for Change Director Kate Moger, reflects on the movement's progress since its public launch in 2022, and why it is so critical to our sectors. Find out more and join the community 👉 https://lnkd.in/eSGmAwGj #HumanitarianAction #Localisation #Development

Fresh off the press! Degan Ali and Kate Moger have co-authored a paper in Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN) about dispelling some of the myths regarding local and national civil society organisations and how the Pledge for Change can help. “Degan Ali has been forthright in describing the myths about foreign aid that maintain structural inequalities and colonial and neocolonial practices in the aid sector. She believes that greater clarity around these misperceptions can shift the narrative around the work of international, national and local civil society organisations (CSOs) – and get crucial funding into the hands of those who need it most, working directly with affected communities. Civil society has had some success in shifting rhetoric and practice with philanthropists, led by donors such as MacKenzie Scott, but the largest amount of humanitarian and development assistance comes from governments through their bilateral funding mechanisms. Most of this still reaches local civil society organisations through partnerships with INGOs. “ Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eSGmAwGj #PledgeForChange #Adeso #HumanitarianPracticeNetwork #DispellingMyths

Heading to UNGA? Join Adeso and our partners: African Philanthropy Forum, Alianza Socioambiental Fondos del Sur, Common Reserve, NEAR (Network for Empowered Aid Response) and WINGS at this in-person event: "How Philanthropy Can Lead the Way to Locally Led Development: A Global South Roadmap." Space is limited, so we encourage you to register your interest asap through this link: https://lnkd.in/dbn7jvTm #UNGA79 #Adeso #Partnership #GlobalSouth

“Decolonisation really is about recognising the agency and resourcing the agency at the community level,” says Degan Ali, Adeso’s Executive Director. Watch this short clip shared on KUJA PLATFORM on ways to help resource this agency:

Proud of this effort to engage with funders who have signaled that they support locally led development, but still have a ways to go in walking the talk. As do we all. So let's do it together. What you can do: ☑ Read the joint letter: https://bit.ly/4dQEW8J ☑ Endorse it if you can. ☑ Add your voice in the comments. What are other practical actions already happening where funders can support and collaborate? How can we hold each other accountable?

The PALM 🌴✋🏿🌴is one of my favourite things about the Pledge for Change. Encouraging and experimenting with new paradigms for power, accountability and learning, it has grown via a Re-imagining the INGO (RINGO) prototyping process into a place for discussion, documentation and debate with experts including Blessing Osagie Christopher Alix Tiernan Jay Goulden Meri Ghorkhmazyan issiaka traore Patrick Gathara Tara Todras-Whitehill Natalie Lartey Marie-Rose Romain Murphy, MS, MBA Charles Kojo Vandyck Janet Mawiyoo Sana Mustafa / سنا مصطفى Asier Hernando Malax-Echevarria and many others. Right now, we’re receiving Pledge signatory self reports (congrats CARE Christian Aid Cordaid and International Rescue Committee for submitting!) and their communications materials for expert review, while West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) are co-creating the partner survey. We’re excited to share findings and learnings with you soon! Learn more here 👇🏽

Curious about decolonisation and INGOs? Join Adeso's teammates: Kate Moger, Global Director of Pledge for Change, and Sidhee Patel, Program Officer of Pledge for Change, in a course hosted by The Sherwood Way, a Pledge Supporter. Sign up through the link shared below, course starts on 23rd of September.

💙 Join Us in Celebrating International Day of Charity! 💙   Today, on International Day of Charity, we recognise the incredible impact of local and everyday philanthropists - the community members themselves.  Degan Ali, Adeso’s Executive Director says, “The biggest philanthropists are the poor…we forget that the poor, every day, they exercise philanthropy. And they probably exercise the riskiest, costliest and biggest philanthropy. When you are living on one dollar a day, to give 20% of that to your neighbor so that the child gets food, that’s very risky.” At Adeso, we believe in the power of grassroots initiatives to drive sustainable development and transform lives. Our approach in Somalia, Saxansaxo, is built off of the collective compassion and resourcefulness found in communities in crises - these local philanthropists. This approach aims to strengthen and scale up homegrown initiatives already started by community members Let's together celebrate the spirit of charity today and every day! https://lnkd.in/da63qvDe #InternationalDayOfCharity #Adeso #Saxansaxo #HomegrownPhilanthropy #EverydayPhilanthropy

🌍 Introducing the Pledge Accountability and Learning Mechanism (PALM)! 🌍 Transparency and accountability are at the heart of everything we do at Pledge for Change. To ensure we’re living up to our commitments, we’ve launched the Pledge Accountability and Learning Mechanism (PALM). 🎥 Watch the Video: Pledge Accountability and Learning Mechanism (PALM) (https://lnkd.in/e8aMRfec) and learn how the PALM is designed to track our progress, hold us accountable, and facilitate continuous learning across all our initiatives. This mechanism empowers both Signatories and Supporters to stay true to the principles of equity, humility, and self-determination. Together, we can ensure that our actions align with our words and that we are truly making a difference in the humanitarian and development sector. #PledgeForChange2030 #Adeso #Accountability #Transparency #Learning #SystemChange #DecolonizeAid #PledgeForChange, #EquitablePartnerships, #AuthenticStorytelling, #InfluencingWiderChange MEDA CARE International Christian Aid Cordaid FHI 360 Mercy Corps Oxfam Plan International Save the Children International SOS Children’s Villages Norway SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit The International Rescue Committee Women for Women International Abs Development Organization for woman and child (ADO) AMALNA (Our Hope) South Sudan AMPLIFY GIRLS Asylum Access CDA Collaborative Learning Projects CDP Phillipines Centre for Humanitarian Leadership Centre for Peace and Democracy (CPD) CHIDDO South Sudan Firelight Foundation Fondation Communautaire Haitienne-ESPWA Hope Revival Organization (HRO) Organization Health Poverty Action Humanitarian Aid International Humentum InterAction Lepra Loop Nexus The Prince's Trust International PRO VIDA The Power of Nutrition Pujiono Centre Purposeful Refugee Welfare Association Cameroon (REWAC) Social Policy Institute Somali Advocacy and Relief Organization (SARO) The Innovation The Sherwood Way UPDDHE/GL Upinion West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) Society Institute - WACSI WILD Network Youth Net and Counselling (YONECO) Youth Up Foundation Zambian Governance Foundation INTRAC TAMM