GIVINGTUESDAY GLOBAL HUBS: INDIA & EAST AFRICA Building on our mission to increase generosity worldwide, last year GivingTuesday launched two new global hubs — one in Africa and one in India — to support leadership, collaboration, and innovation throughout the global movement’s network and expand the network across those regions. The India and Africa Hubs reflect our international focus on developing and supporting regional leaders who strengthen local philanthropic infrastructure, democratize philanthropy, and grow cultures of giving, generosity, and robust civic participation at all levels. The Hub teams spent their first year building the needed infrastructure to gather learning and research. They are now translating their findings into actionable insights, programs, and partnerships, with a focus on such areas as expanding GivingTuesday’s collaborative data work to better inform and inspire the social sector around the world, youth engagement, community and coalition building, and more. In particular, the India Hub amplified inspiring stories of generosity and increased awareness of GivingTuesday while forging strategic partnerships and sparking important conversations about giving. On GivingTuesday in India, held during DaanUtsav or the festival of giving, the team launched the #BornGenerous campaign to tell heartwarming stories of generosity from people around the country and held their flagship event, the India Generosity Run, which thousands participated in. The team formed an Advisory Group, featuring leaders and innovators from a variety of sectors, to support their strategic planning, outreach, and vision, and hosted their first event, the India Generosity Data Convening. The convening brought partners across the social sector together with GivingTuesday’s Data Commons team to identify key questions about generosity in India that will lead to actionable insights and data-driven decisions and supercharge giving in the country. Additionally, the Africa Hub strengthened visibility for GivingTuesday, leveraged partner events to amplify the impact of GivingTuesday Africa leaders, and launched conversations about data needs and priorities across the social sector in the region. The team expanded movement leadership in Francophone Africa by engaging and welcoming new leaders from Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mali, Eswatini, Côte d’Ivoire, and Zimbabwe. Moreover, they helped celebrate and amplify youth leaders within the movement like Starling Collective alumni Lesein Mutunkei, whose Trees4Goals movement was honored with a Gratitude Award by CivSource-Africa during the annual Gathering of Givers virtual conference. The team also collaborated with the Africa Philanthropy Network, EPIC-Africa, and the Center for Philanthropy and Social Investment to host their first data convening, which helped identify critical questions about generosity in Africa, as well as future collaborative research projects.
GivingTuesday 2022 Impact Report
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