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NGO News and Articles from Across Eastern Africa

Insights and Stories from NGOs and Businesses Across Eastern Africa

Overview

What we write about

This section is written for the two audiences the directory serves. For NGOs, we cover the practical side of being found and funded: how to write a profile that a donor will read, the documents that decide a grant application, how to manage a partnership and how to describe results honestly. For businesses, donors and foundations, we cover how to identify a credible local partner, what to check during due diligence and how to design a community programme that survives its second budget cycle.

Everything here comes from our own work publishing the NGOs Eastern Africa Directory and talking to the organisations listed in it, across Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Somalia, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Visibility and profile writing
How to present your organisation so donors and partners can shortlist you: what to include in a profile, which details get checked and how to end with a call to action that works.
Funding and grant readiness
The registration, governance, finance and safeguarding documents that decide whether an application survives due diligence, and how to keep the pack current.
Partnerships and CSR
How companies and NGOs find each other, what to agree before work starts, and why the programmes that last are the modest ones with clear outcomes.

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Editorial coverage

Articles in the library: 6
Countries we report on: 8
Coverage: Practice, funding, partnerships
Publishing since: 2005

Everything here comes from our own work publishing the directory and talking to the organisations listed in it, rather than from press releases.

Empowering NGOs to Build Stronger Communities in Eastern Africa

How local organisations are driving social change across Eastern Africa, and the practical factors that separate NGOs that scale from those that stall.

Businesses Making a Difference in Eastern Africa

How local and international businesses are contributing to social and economic development in the region, and what makes a CSR programme survive its second budget cycle.

The Intersection of NGOs and Businesses: A Partnership for Growth

How collaboration between NGOs and businesses is reshaping development strategies in Eastern Africa, and what makes those partnerships work in practice.

How to Write an NGO Profile That Donors Actually Read

The structure, detail and calls to action that turn an NGO profile from a description into something a donor or partner can act on.

Finding the Right NGO Partner in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania

What companies, foundations and donors should check before choosing an NGO partner in East Africa, and the questions that reveal whether a partnership will work.

Grant Readiness: Documents an NGO Needs Before Applying

The documentation that decides whether an NGO application survives due diligence, and how to close the most common gaps before you submit.

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