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  • Training of Trainers for the School for CLD – Session 1!

    Training of Trainers for the School for CLD – Session 1!

    March 17, 2023 – Wote City, Makueni County, Kenya – Today was the first session of the first School for Community-led Development in Africa! Hear from the Director for Citizen Engagement and public participation, Zipporah Wambua: There are enormous challenges facing the people of Makueni, and they did exercises (which they will recreate locally) to…


  • Makueni County launches School for CLD

    Makueni County launches School for CLD

    Thursday, March 16, 2023 marked the official launch of the School for Community-led Development in Makueni County, Kenya. The day included the signing of a revised Memorandum of Understanding with the governor H.E. Multula Kilonzo Junior, CBS elected in 2022. The signing was followed by a very inclusive public event featuring remarks by the governor…


  • Disability Inclusion in the Practice of CLD

    Disability Inclusion in the Practice of CLD

    Our February 2023 global call was inspired by the dynamic participation of disability rights groups in our January 10th call and our recognition that these two movements needed to join forces. This call was not a one-time event but rather the beginning of a journey and a commitment to an every-day negotiation. Join us! Watch…


  • Our recording from the UN Partnership Forum: Shift the Power for Post-COVID SDG Progress

    Our recording from the UN Partnership Forum: Shift the Power for Post-COVID SDG Progress

    The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) invited all relevant stakeholders to the 2023 Partnership Forum with the theme: “Accelerating the recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at all levels.” MCLD hosted an in-person side event: January 31, 2023 – 8:15am to 9:30am, Conference…


  • Monthly Call! Systems Change and MCLD-Uganda!

    Monthly Call! Systems Change and MCLD-Uganda!

    This month, our colleagues unveiled two new journal articles based on inputs from many of our members, plus we began a new practice of hearing from one MCLD National Association each month. This month featured MCLD-Uganda with its 83 members. We heard from its chair Nixon Ochatre and coordinator Joanna Mbakulo. Update: The journal articles…


  • Shaping USAID’s 50% metric

    Shaping USAID’s 50% metric

    Today more than 190 representatives of community-based organizations engaged with USAID officials on the process of fulfilling the administrator’s goal that 50% of USAID programs will put communities in the driver’s seat. Here is the recording — we still have lots of work to do to distill the wisdom of the participants, so come back…


  • #ShiftThePower for Health Equity

    #ShiftThePower for Health Equity

    A major theme at the 2022 Global Health Council’s Landscape Symposium has been health equity. We in MCLD believe that the only way to ensure people’s right to health is to ensure they have the collective voice to demand it. We organized a concurrent session at the symposium to address the question — now that…


  • Co-creating the future of MCLD — November 30, 2022 Global Zoom Call

    Co-creating the future of MCLD — November 30, 2022 Global Zoom Call

    As CLD gains traction with policy makers, we have new opportunities for impact and influence that surpass our current structure and budget. This month’s call was to launch a global process to create a new organizational structure! This call followed up a workshop in early October, at which representative subgroup of MCLD leaders and outside…


  • Join us for #16Days of activism to halt gender-based violence

    Join us for #16Days of activism to halt gender-based violence

    From 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to 10 December, Human Rights Day, the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign is a time to galvanize action to end violence against women and girls around the world. In 2022, in the face of push-back and discouraging regressive laws, UN Women…