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Empowering Malawian community-based organizations to create secondary school...
Charity Mankhokwe is a 19-year-old girl pursuing her dream of a career in the tourism sector. This milestone seemed incredibly distant a few years ago, when her parents could barely afford her...
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Firelight and Graça Machel on making a better future for Africa’s women and...
“First, listen – it is their development – not yours – and their development means that it has to come from within” – Graça Machel. This was Mrs. Machel’s parting advice to a group of philanthropists...
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Creating access to early childhood education for children affected by HIV and...
Spiwe Ernest was born to a family deeply affected by the HIV and AIDS crisis that has ravaged sub-Saharan Africa. Her mother was HIV positive, and when revealed her status to her husband, he abused...
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Ambassador Jimmy Kolker on why CBOs are the best investment for African...
Firelight is honored that Ambassador Jimmy Kolker—after a long career in the U.S. government as a diplomat—joined the Board of Directors in February 2017. Below we share Ambassador Kolker’s thoughts...
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Celebrating empowerment in action on International Women’s Day
empower: to make someone stronger and more confident, especially in controlling their life and claiming their rights Today in honor of International Women’s Day, we celebrate Julienne...
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Using data to improve early childhood development in Malawi
Why is Firelight investing in early childhood development? Abundant scientific evidence illustrates the outsized influence of early childhood programs on lifelong development, especially in low- and...
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Communities ending child marriage in Tanzania
In 2016, the rate of child marriage in the Shinyanga region of Tanzania was 59%. In other words, for every 100 girls below the age of 18, 59 of them were taken from their families and were married...
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“I am persistent and determined to succeed in life” – celebrating safe,...
Last month, the worldwide community of experts in HIV and AIDS came together for the 22nd International AIDS conference — “Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges” — in Amsterdam. In a press conference...
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Long-term, respectful, learning partnerships – how Firelight works with...
In July 2018, Firelight Board Member and longtime donor Molly Efrusy (President, Efrusy Family Foundation) visited our community-based organization (CBO) grantee-partners in Malawi who are working on...
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“Children have a right to their education” – Tanzanian communities engage...
Firelight is humbled to support our community-based organization (CBO) grantee-partners in strengthening the critical role that they play navigating and influencing the systems around them, especially...
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