We Believe in Resilience in Systems ft. Purity Kagwiria, Akili Dada
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Social justice organizations thrive with longer, larger, and more flexible grants.
In 2015, the Ford Foundation launched its Building Institutions and Networks (BUILD) initiative, a now $2-billion dollar commitment aimed at reimagining philanthropy and centered on trusting grantees.
Akili Dada, a leadership incubator for girls and young women across East Africa, was one of BUILD’s first grantees. Purity Kagwiria, former Executive Director, shares how BUILD allowed Akili Dada to create a security policy for field work, strengthening its impact.