Breaking the dependency cycle in Philantropy

Bhekinkosi Moyo writes about new institutions like the Africa Womens Development fund and TrustAfrica that seek to break the dependency syndrome in Philanthropy :

The concentration of power and resources in particular organisations and individuals affects the way they view those that they support. In the quest to address issues of social change, traditional philanthropic institutions, like venture philanthropists and other types of philanthropist, have failed to change the status quo. It is too early to tell whether the new African institutions will at last transform social relations and tackle head-on the supremacy embedded in all forms of philanthropy. It is worth noting one thing however. The very emergence of these new institutions in Africa is a step towards developing a different and unique philanthropy in the continent that also shares in the universality of other philanthropies...[continue reading]