On the 4th of November 2024, we hosted the second face-to-face convening of Community Foundations of Zimbabwe in Victoria Falls. Out of the 12 organisations currently making up the network, 11 attended the meeting.
The meeting started with understanding the perceptions of why attendees thought they had gathered. Attendees listed their expectations or what they thought were the objectives of the meeting. The following are their expectations:
- To finalise and endorse the constitution
- To decide on practical actions for the network
- To define the common ground which makes them community foundations
- To strengthen the network and revive the agenda for starting the network
- To bring clarification and understanding of what it means to be a community foundation
As SIVIO Institute, we pledged to support the network formation but not assume a leadership role even in the conversation. Our role would be to facilitate and allow a participatory approach to network building.
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