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Malawi Chess Fellowship
Chess Fellowship Empowers Malawi Youth Taskforce Members to Think Strategically for Community-Led Change Thought piece by Yewo Grace Gondwe, MCLD Southern Africa Coordinator It is 7pm on a Sunday evening in Malawi, Amissi Ramazan is all set up in his room with his laptop and phone fully charged for the weekly chess fellowship. In a…
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WSSD: Toward a new Local Multilateralism
Reflections by Dr. John Coonrod, MCLD Founder The Second World Summit for Social Development was highly relevant to the Movement for Community-led Development (MCLD), and we were represented there not just by me but also Jane from MCLD Kenya and perhaps others. The host country, Qatar, was clearly committed to demonstrating that it is a…
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CLD in a Shifting Sector: Engaging Global Agendas
MCLD’s October Global Call explored the issues being discussed in global forums, what is at stake, how it works, and why they matters to our members in the Majority World. We unpacked recent events on UN reform, National Debt, the Sustainable Development Goals, and Climate Change. Featured photo: View of the empty General Assembly hall…
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The Table We Deserve
Thought Piece by Cathy Amenya, Manager of Programs and Partnerships at MCLD The Movement for Community-led Development (MCLD) has been advocating for localization and decolonization of aid for the last ten years. We have been pushing for communities to participate in decision-making processes on issues that directly affect them. This work often means being the…