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Poor Philanthropist IV: A Handbook for Community Philanthropy Organisations

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This handbook and its companion pieces are the products of a six-year research inquiry carried out
in South and southern Africa by the Centre for Leadership and Public Values, Graduate School of
Business, University of Cape Town. The inquiry was generously supported by the Ford Foundation.
The subject of indigenous philanthropy in poor African communities and the process, collaborative
learning across the academic/educational and practice communities, were both exploratory and
iterative. From the outset the starting point was the local ethos of caring and sharing: what could
leaders and practitioners in community philanthropy learn from what poor communities do and
know about getting resources to where they are needed most? Attention was focused on the potential
and promise of alternative approaches to community philanthropy that respond to and build from
the norms and conventions of self help and mutual assistance in a community. The central premise
is that developmental impact will only be sustainable if it is embedded in what ordinary people do
in their daily lives.
This publication is part of a series of conceptual and practical knowledge products – a philanthropy
of community toolkit. The publications build on one another, yet are distinct and can be used alone
or in combination. The first two in the series are research monographs, while number three and four
distill practice-relevant knowledge. While all endeavour to be widely accessible in their language
and content, each has a specific focus and an intended audience within the community grantmaking
sector.

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AWDF.0940

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Southern Africa : Southern Africa–United States Centre for Leadership and Public Values., 2009

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English

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978 1 920355 05 0

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