African Local Leaders Portfolio

The African Local Leaders Portfolio was established by Partners for Equity in 2019 to provide agency to proximate leaders. It is our belief that those who are embedded in their communities are best placed to design solutions which meet the needs of those communities.

We provide direct financial support, leveraged financial support and capacity support (when requested) to enable those leaders to design, implement and evaluate programs. This serves as a catalyst to systemic change leading to increased impact for communities across Sub Saharan Africa.

The Local Leaders’ Portfolio currently has 26 partners, they include the following organisations.

ACADES (Malawi)

ACADES (Malawi)

Community Led Development & Food Security | Malawi

As Africa grapples with multifaceted challenges of poverty, ...

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COBURWAS International Youth Organization (CIYOTA)

COBURWAS International Youth Organization (CIYOTA)

Education Community Led Development | Uganda

COBURWAS International Youth Organization (CIYOTA) is a refu...

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Dandelion Africa

Dandelion Africa

Advocacy, Health, Community Led Development | Kenya

Dandelion is a women-led organisation in Kenya on a mission ...

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Education Bridge (South Sudan)

Education Bridge (South Sudan)

Education, Youth Entrepreneurship | South Sudan

Education Bridge works to empower young people in South Suda...

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Emergency Medicine Kenya Foundation

Emergency Medicine Kenya Foundation

Health | Kenya

Kenyan doctors, Benjamin Wachira and Jeremiah Gitau started ...

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FOCCAD

FOCCAD

Health | Malawi

FOCCAD (Foundation For Community and Capacity Development) i...

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Fundi Bots

Fundi Bots

Vocational Training & Employment Youth Entrepreneurship Education | Uganda

Fundi Bots provides hands-on, practical Science, Technology,...

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Ladder to Learning (Malawi)

Ladder to Learning (Malawi)

Education, Youth Entrepreneurship | Malawi

Ladder to Learning is on a mission to get meaningful, high q...

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LakeHub Foundation

LakeHub Foundation

Vocational Training & Employment, Youth Entrepreneurship | Kenya

Kenya’s youth unemployment rates have been on the rise hit...

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Msichana Initative

Msichana Initative

Women & Girls Empowerment Advocacy | Tanzania

Rebeca Gyumi started Msichana Initiative to advocate for gir...

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Mukisa Foundation

Mukisa Foundation

Health | Uganda

Mukisa Foundation runs a prevention and therapy centre in Ka...

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PACEmaker International

PACEmaker International

Education, Leadership Training | Kenya

PACE trains Kenyan youth in their pre-university gap year to...

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Pastoral Women’s Council

Pastoral Women’s Council

Education Health Community Led Development Advocacy | Tanzania

24 years ago, 10 Maasai women came together under a sacred o...

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Rays of Hope

Rays of Hope

Education, Youth Entrepreneurship | Malawi

Rays of Hope is enhancing Malawi's education system through ...

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Safari Doctors

Safari Doctors

Health | Kenya

Safari Doctors runs a health centre and conducts medical out...

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Solid’Africa

Solid’Africa

Health, Food Security | Rwanda

Solid’Africa provides free food to Rwanda’s most vulnera...

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Wandikweza

Wandikweza

Health | Malawi

Wandikweza was founded by Mercy Kafotokoza, a Malawian-train...

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Wezesha Impact

Wezesha Impact

Health | Uganda

Wezesha Impact creates opportunities for young people, mostl...

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Women’s Agri-Enviro Vision (WAEV)

Women’s Agri-Enviro Vision (WAEV)

Community Led Development Vocational Training & Employment Food Security | Tanzania

WAEV works side-by-side with women in rural Maasai communiti...

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