Firelight Foundation

On June 6, Firelight’s Ronald Kimambo will share about how we support community-led monitoring and evaluation. Thanks to Nelly Mecklenburg at the Movement for Community-led Development for organizing a great panel!

If you’d like to join us (June 6, 10am Eastern), register at the link below.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYrdeuvqj0iEtZbSXLhTHNp6HSqco0JhpcU #/registration

Taking a whole system approach to ECD can lead to transformative & long-lasting benefits. Take a look at what communities in Malawi & Zambia are achieving for children & families:

Valuing long-term change over short-term outcomes in early childhood development — Firelight Foundation Tracking the pace of transformation is not a straightforward or speedy task when you are focused on delivering community-driven systems change and measuring long-term impacts on a community.  Even before a program can properly begin, there is a whole vital process of engaging the community

We're happy to share reflections from Marième Daff, Firelight's executive director, who recently saw first-hand the transformative power of community-driven systems change with some of our youth-focused CBO partners in Kenya, Nareto Latia Indigenous Peoples' Program and Jumuisha Initiative.

As Marième observes, their work truly speaks for itself.

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Executive director Marième Daff shares her reflections upon joining Firelight — Firelight Foundation As the former director of programs and partnerships for a private foundation working to improve food security, family health, financial wellbeing and education, I have seen how effective support can change lives and whole communities.  While visiting our grantee partners in Kenya