Spark Microgrants announced successful closure of first philanthropic round securing $27MM to back ambitious 3-year strategy in Rwanda, Malawi and beyond.
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Kigali, Rwanda — February 18, 2022
The Ministry of Local Government has appreciated the contribution of Spark Microgrants in Advancing Citizen Engagement (ACE) project. The appreciation was voiced by the Minister of State in charge of social affairs in Rwanda’s Ministry of Local Government, Assumpta Ingabire and the Director-General of Local Administrative Entities Development Agency (LODA), Mrs. Claudine Nyinawagaga.
Read the full story in the KT Press here.
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Kigali, 22 September 2021- Spark Microgrants has launched a $6 million project to strengthen citizen engagement, and support livelihoods and income-generation in rural areas under the financial support of…
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Spark’s COVID-19 response actions to support and involve communities to protect, manage, and recover from the effects of the pandemic.
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New blog post on how community-driven development improves governance and policymaking.
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The impact of community-driven development (CDD) programs on promoting the voice and agency of women
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Measures we are taking in response to COVID-19 across all country programs.
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In early April, the Burundi team launched the FCAP in the province of Bururi, in southern Burundi.
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In April, the Spark team in Burundi spent a week training social workers from our partner organization, FVS-AMADE, in the first phases of the Spark Process.
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Last March, Spark's Ben Thomas sat down with Spark community members to hear how they felt their communities had changed since the beginning of their partnership.
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Spark's Rwanda Country Director, Gilbert Nsabimana, travelled to Kigali with other Spark colleagues to attend the African Philanthropy Forum - sharing experiences with other international NGOs and learning how to leverage effective strategic partnerships to magnify our social impact.
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We are so excited to finally announce that after much planning and hard work, our partnership with Gakenke district has officially launched!
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In February, we signed an MOU with LODA (Local Administrative Entities Development Agency) in Rwanda.
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