Global Partners for Development is a true leader in community led development. They excel at supporting local men and women in East Africa to define their priorities and make related projects a reality. The end result is improved access to quality education and public health!
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Global Partners for Development (GPFD) is doing the important work of engaging local communities to understand their needs as well as what they can contribute to projects, a critical element of sustainability. As a result, GPFD school and water/sanitation projects should stand the test of time and contribute to improved educational experiences.
I have had many jobs in the nonprofit world, working on a variety of causes. While I no longer work here, the work that they are doing is spectacular and very authentic.
Global Partners is a small but mighty nonprofit that truly believes in locally-led development. They support East African organizations who are making a difference in their own communities.
My friend has been telling me of all of the projects and initiatives that Global Partners has been a part of over the last several years (and decades), and I was so impressed and moved by the direct impact the organization has made in East Africa. Once I found out there was an opportunity to work for the organization, I jumped at the chance to be a part of something so special. I especially find the true partnerships with the communities in East Africa to be the most profound.
When I was a senior in high school they came to my school and made a presentation. I was moved by their work and decided to volunteer. It was an amazing experience.
This is my favorite charity. They clearly are focused on delivering high quality programs while maintaining very low over head.
Incredible organization. Tried and true to supporting local people via grassroots methods. I had the pleasure to travel with them and work on a collaborative project.
I’ve been supporting Global Partners for many years. They are an awesome nonprofit organization that provides crucial services to communities in Africa. With the COVID pandemic these communities need their support now more than ever.
GPFD is a rare NGO. They take a very different approach than most others. The difference is, significant local community involvement; from conception to completion. Community organization is facilitate by GPFD to cogently propose a primary, and/or secondary school project. Projects are typically classrooms, water supply, latrines, and other school related structures. The projects are locally designed, and constructed by local professionals (Partners) with strict USA based professional review, and oversight. The USA professionals have introduced innovative means, and methods to improve existing typical features that provides informal mentoring to the Partners, which furthers their professional advancements. The community is required to contribute a portion to the project whether sweat equity, materials, or monetary. This ownership by local stakeholders builds a pride that carries through to the future operation, and maintenance of the projects. This pride extends beyond project limits. It is common for school enrollments to increase with improved infrastructure, which facilitates another GPFD community contribution; girls' scholarships in order to reach gender parity.
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As a young man I traveled across Africa in 1972 and it was very apparent that the most basic necessities of life: clean water, sanitation, and education were scarce to non-existant. The vast majority of children had swollen bellies from parasites. I found the locals had the wherewithal to understand the unique obstacles to a healthy life. The international organizations provided the needed services, and projects with a patriarchal approach and relegated the locals to recipients rather than participants. This approach felt materially wrong.
Global Partners for Development (GPFD) is a rare multinational organization that not only promotes, but requires community project development, and contribution. “Partners” is not just a moniker, it is pragmatic successful philosophy in creating sustainable community projects.
One universal truth is, parents want a better life for their children. GPFD uses primary, and secondary schools as the anchor for community projects. Water projects are constructed on school properties and managed by community members for the community’s use. The simple school sanitation projects educate the parents to construct the same at their homes. These projects have broken the parasitic cycle and swollen bellies is a thing of the past. Real people making real life changes.
I've been donating to GPFD for over 10 years and they always impresses me with their efficiency, integrity, technical skill and top notch results!
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I learned about Global Partners for Development after returning in 2015 from my first trip to Africa. On this adventure I had fallen in love with all things African, especially the people. Global Partners is a nonprofit that has been making a difference in East African communities throughout 41 years. Intelligence, compassion and high level strategic planning are the foundation of this nonprofit. Their respectful contributions in partnering with people in East African communities continue to evolve education and health measures as a collaborative effort with the people who live there. The business model of Global Partners is an inspiration now more than ever in a world that is so intricately connected.
Down to earth, effective, collaborative, and sustainable results are what you can expect from Global Partners for Development (GPFD) and its East African partners. Their projects positively impact local communities in the areas of education and public health, the basis for a growing and thriving culture. GPFD helps to open up pathways to a more prosperous and fulfilling future for East Africans.
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I've been serving on the board of Global Partners for Development for over 25 years. It's crazy how much time, money and energy I've put into my participation. But, I love it because I get so much satisfaction out of my contribution that is translated into making a difference in the world. I see it in the partnerships and friendships GPFD has created with East Africans and the sustainable education, water, and sanitation projects successfully completed. Standing with East African communities and working hand in hand, we're bringing forth vitality, community spirit, and improved public health and quality of life.
Global Partners For Development has been partnering with rural East African communities for over 40 years. Global Partners is led by dedicated teams of professionals in the US as well as Kenyans and Tanzanians at the local level.
Whether the projects are for clean water, school classrooms, sanitation facilities or scholarship programs for girls, Global Partners is committed to locally led initiatives that benefits the lives of East Africans. Few organizations it’s size have made such a positive impact for over 40 years.
Great organization. committed to a spectacular mission and they have been doing this for more than 40 years!
I met an amazing young man on a plane trip to arusha who was traveling to join this organization as an intern. He was awarded some sort of scholarship and was going to be studying international development with global partners. I was impressed with his description of the organization and have since looked into them more closely. They are doing great work and I am proud to be one of their supporters.
Global Partners continues to make a positive difference in the lives of hundreds of thousands of people throughout East Africa. I've seen the organization at work building schools, sanitation facilities, and access to clean water, hand in hand with villagers and community leaders, all dedicated to improving their children's lives. The girls especially, so happy in their new classrooms, express their future dreams candidly, to become a doctor, a nurse, a teacher, wanting to help their family and their community. Global Partners translates donor support to effective and efficient direct action on the ground in people' s lives. Completely trust-worthy and results-oriented, I love this organization.
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Global Partners for Development does a superb job in translating donations directly to on-the-ground results in people's lives in East Africa communities. From its inception decades ago, it set out to be very effective in keeping administration costs to a minumum, and transparent financially and program-wise. I love how one can travel with Global Partners to witness your donation in action. As a result, I have developed wonderful relationships with many villagers in Africa, enriching, educational and always inspiring. Good work all around.
Global Partners has been doing great work in east Africa for about 40 years. I’ve been on several of their trips and have seen first hand what they have accomplished.’
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I have been involved with Global Partners for over 10 years. My wife and I have traveled to Africa twice with GPFD. We have personally experienced and seen the great work they do in east Africa. We have sponsored several Ugandan girls to finish secondary school and go on to college. One has graduated and is now a teacher in Uganda. Here is a photo of her when we met her a few years ago. We are anxious to return and see her again.
So thoughtful and efficient with donor funds, I have trust in this organization. Not to mention project have sustainability build right into the design.
GPFD is very personal and dedicated nonprofit, from the perspective of meeting donors needs and communicating with the partners and communities in Africa. The focus is on partnership, allowing the communities to propose projects that would help them the most. The communities provide labor, leadership, or other investment in their own project and GPFD provides additional funding and support. The end result, as I saw when I traveled to East Africa to visit projects, is joy, gratitude, and pride for what we accomplished together, be it a new classroom or a water project. These projects are meant to empower the community, its women, girls, and children and to continue to give back. That girl who was given a scholarship may come back to her village to teach the next generation. That woman who was given a goat, gets income for her family and passes the offspring to another woman. Its the kind of giving where you know your donation made a real and tangible difference in someones life.
I have been working with Global Partners for 20 + years and have seen it grow over time into a thriving non profit who places their partners in E. Africa first. As a former board member and advisor to the organization, I have witnessed wells dug in villages, hundreds of girls scholarships given, and women's empowerment through small business' developed. Global Partners operates through the highest form of integrity both at home and in E. Africa.
Since 1999 after Paternering with this NGO lives of many grass root family's have been transformed in Western Uganda. This has been possible through Global Partners for Development empowering women through there groups by funding a heifer project, goat rearing, poultry and revolving Fund. The have helped communities access clean piped water and hygiene education, children have got good nutrition. They have supported girl child education through partnering with EWIDA and about 60 girls who never hoped to access secondary education have been able to graduate with Bachelors degrees. The biggest secret to this success is using the Community Driven Development Model. Long live GPFD.
This organization does great work. I just traveled with them in June and the trip left me speechless.
Global Partners for Development is a great organization with a solid collection of successful projects that have had a positive impact on the communities served in eastern Africa. One of the things that I most appreciate about Global Partners for Development, and why I continue to support, is because the projects are thoughtful, community-driven, and employ local in-country staff.
Global Partners is celebrating its 40th year as an efficient, effective, highly-leveraged development organization. Founded in 1978, it first focused its efforts on bringing awareness to the global scourge of chronic persistent hunger and raising funds for organizations involved in ending world hunger. In 1989, it transitioned to an on-the-ground development organization, identifying, vetting, and funding effective community development projects in East Africa. It currently has operations in Kenya, Tanzania, Ugand, and Burundi and since 1989 has funded millions of dollars for small community development projects, including the building of schools, teacher and student housing, medical clinics, and water and sanitation projects. It is an organization of high integrity and gets my highest praise. It maximizes the effectiveness of donors funds and monitors all funding through frequent staff trips to East Africa with the aid of local staff and administrators. I would recommend it to anyone serious about seeing positive change in East Africa.
As a neighbor to the Global Partners office I've gotten the chance to learn a bit about their work in East Africa, which comes with a genuine care about the projects and people so many thousands of miles away. They’re super committed to involving local folks in the decision-making processes and to measuring their outcomes (something I appreciate as a statistician!). Great work y'all!
Global Partners stands out as one of the most transparent and efficient organizations I have had the pleasure of working with.
Global Partners for Development has collaborated with local communities in Eastern Africa to fund and develop projects that reflect the communities' expressed needs. Their leadership/community/participatory development model has let to an impressive 40 year history of impactful work. Highly recommended organization!
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This group of hard working, intelligent and dedicated people have generated immeasurable good with the hundreds of projects implemented in rural east Africa over the past few decades. My most appreciated aspect of the organization is the extremely high level of integrity upon which they operate. In the world of non-profits, my experience has shown that there are many "opportunities" to shade the truth in order to depict the organization in a better light... GPFD refuses to play that game.
I've also had the privilege of traveling to east Africa with GPFD on several occasions. On these trips, we meet with our partners and local community members, visit past, present and future GPFD projects, and work tirelessly to develop and implement ever better projects. Also, I've noticed while traveling that many NGO's tend to work in areas that are relatively close to urban areas since this makes it easier to implement projects; however, these projects are not necessarily assisting the neediest of the needy. GPFD travels far and wide to engage and work with the communities having the most extreme levels of poverty.
Global Partners for Development is just the greatest. It's well run by extremely competent and caring staff. They use donor money in the most efficient manner possible consistent with making sure the money will be well used. Their success rate with projects in East Africa is remarkable. I've also been impressed with their responses to donors including project reports. Hundreds of thousands of Africans have benefited from a mix of GPFD projects such as clean water, Healthcare centers, Schools built, Scholarships provided to young girls and more. It's my favorite charity!
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My favorite Charity. GPFD is an extremely effective charity at getting funds for needed development projects to beneficiaries in East Africa. They work directly with community leaders and groups to identify what is actually desired and needed in each case. Expenses are razor thin and Daniel and Amy are the best people to work with. Lots of clean water projects and girls scholarships.
Global Partners has been providing invaluable financial assistance and support to communities in East Africa since 1989, and from 1978 to 1989, it operated as an organization which raised millions of dollars in the campaign to eradicate hunger from the planet. It has a 38-year track record of proven, effective results.
Headquartered in Rohnert Park in the Sonoma Valley of Northern California, Global Partners funds grassroots community development projects in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. it has supported education through the building of schools and student and teacher housing and the provision of girls' scholarships; increased access to health care by building and supplying medical dispensaries, funding sanitation projects, and underwriting healthcare education; provided clean drinking water to communities by funding water supply systems; provided financial support to women's economic generation projects; and given hope and new-found energy to communities throughout the region. In the developing world, every little bit helps, and that "every little bit" over the past 27 years has positively impacted the lives of over one million East Africans.
Global Partners is an organization with the utmost integrity and accountability to its donors. Its staff members travel to East Africa yearly to monitor projects and confirm that donor funds are being spent properly. Over the course of the last 27 years, most of Global Partners' Board of Directors and many of its donors have also traveled to East Africa to view projects and meet with community leaders. I have personally traveled to East Africa 5 times and can attest to the enormous difference being made as a result of Global Partners' work there.
I give Global Partners my highest commendation and would recommend it to anyone considering providing financial support to communities in East Africa.
It is easy to say that an organization does community driven work, has sustainable projects and crates real partnerships with communities. It is a lot harder to actual make that happen on the ground. This is what is truly amazing about the work that Global Partners does. They have a very real and authentic approach to doing what they say.
This organization is great. I recently saw a video about a partnership they are involved in with Ohio State to build out failed water sites in Tanzania. They do amazing work that is very community oriented.
It's my observation that Global Partners for Development's capacity to fulfill its mission is due to the people and partnerships that make the Global Partners' development model work. GPFD has been making a direct difference in East Africa since 1989. It started as a grass roots organization and continues to operate from that foundation. I contribute to GPFD because I can count on the funds going towards designated programs in education, water development, hygiene education, girls education scholarships and school and clinic construction. The funded projects have resulted in vastly improved health and well being of rural East African communities. I've been a board member since 1993 and have witnessed first hand the difference GPFD has been making in peoples' lives in East Africa. It's been a joy to serve.
This organization has been doing great work to end poverty and hunger since 1978. Global Partners does direct work in East Africa (Uganda, Kenya & Tanzania) in a partnership with local East Africans, The organization responds to real needs on the ground with efficient sustainable solutions impacting thousands. Water and education projects are two of the most common contribution to communities in East Africa. I've been involved as a volunteer and serving several terms on the board since 1999.
These folks are doing good things. I recently received and update that they may be fighting global insurgency through helping local sponsors pursue their eduction proposals. 3 cups of education - for real. They are rated in the top 2% by Charity Navigator, Schweitzer Award winners etc.
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