Brett Wilkins Fund for Frontline Power is a solidarity philanthropy centering on leaders from impacted communities as experts and decision-makers—honoring their lived experience, and following their lead A grassroots climate justice fund on Monday announced its inaugural slate of grants totalling more than $5 million for 48 organizations working to tackle the worsening planetary emergency,… Continue reading Grassroots-Run Fund for Frontline Power Pours $5 Million Into US Climate Justice Groups
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Power dynamics-global north givers and global south receivers
Tasneem Balasinorwala and Diya Deb Project funding decisions are primarily influenced by international commitments, national level commitments, donor country policies or development cooperation policies followed by stakeholder discussion deliberation and finally local needs. ‘We stopped applying for funding calls from Germany’ was more or less the tone of the conversations that we were hearing when we spoke… Continue reading Power dynamics-global north givers and global south receivers
Why alluvial flood plains of north Bihar, India need alternative sanitation system
Flood is a recurring threat to the sustainability of open defecation free status in Bihar. Unique toilets, built on elevation, can show the way ahead The Bihar deluge is here again: Water levels in several rivers have risen dangerously and breached embankments at many places. North Bihar is the worst threatened by floods in the state.… Continue reading Why alluvial flood plains of north Bihar, India need alternative sanitation system