Filantropia de justiça socioambiental

women's rights

Five things we learned from feminists about giving

By Renata Saavedra and Vanessa Lucena

We were lucky enough to get to know the world of philanthropy from a very special point of view: the women's fund ecosystem. Women's funds are organizations that mobilize and donate resources to groups of women, girls and trans people around the world, providing them with financial and technical resources and strengthening networks to realize their vision of social justice. More than 40 of them come together in Prospera, a powerful global network.

March 9, 2023 No Comments

Socio-environmental justice philanthropy

Cerrado could lose a third of its water, study shows

Deforestation for monoculture and pasture is mainly responsible for the 34% decrease in river flow by 2050

In the Cerrado, 93% of the basins may have a reduction in water availability, this is what the study The heavy impact of deforestation and climate change on the streamflows of the Brazilian Cerrado biome and a worrying future, supported by ISPN, points out. According to research, the biome could lose 34% of its water flow over the next 28 years. The study being reviewed by the scientific journal Sustainability concluded that deforestation is the main cause of this decrease, responsible for 56% of the impact. 23,653 m³/s could be lost by 2050, in the rivers analyzed in the study alone, this loss is equivalent to the flow of eight Nile rivers.

March 8, 2023 No Comments

UN climate conference

Social justice philanthropy at COP 27

COP 27 (UN Climate Conference) mobilized funds from Rede Comuá, which were in Egypt, where the meeting took place, promoting connections, participating in debates and networking around socio-environmental justice and combating climate racism.

The Conference took place in November, from 6 to 18 November, and had wide participation from Brazilian civil society, especially through the Brazil Climate Action Hub, a pavilion present at climate COPs since 2019 created by iCS (Instituto Clima e Sociedade) , together with IPAM (Amazon Environmental Research Institute) and the ClimaInfo Institute.

December 13, 2022 No Comments

Strategic Support Program

Journey of Philanthropy in a world immersed in the climate emergency

By Semiramis Biasoli

We live, after all, in the era of globalization, in which “each part of the world is, more and more, part of the world and the world, as a whole, is increasingly present in each of the parts. This is true not only for nations or peoples, but for individuals” (MORIN, 2003:67).

Crossing the Atlantic Ocean, the 3D image of the Earth accessed in real time, during the 11h flight, stimulates the perception of the connections between us, 8 billion humans and every piece of our small and beautiful planet, a habitat that we share with millions of other species of living beings.

December 7, 2022 No Comments

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No time to waste: Youth is in a hurry and so is the planet

By Regilon Matos – Casa Socio-Environmental Fund

Youth no longer want to be just a token of inclusion; they want to have a voice and a place in conferences that discuss the future of the Planet and the Climate Emergency.

Because of the current economic, social and environmental situation, it is important that the already awakened young become ever more vigilant and determined to take their place where decisions are being made, to enter into the political arena and the halls of civil society, becoming multiplying agents who will positively influence other leaders with their enhanced vision of present day actions and their determination to insure a better future for all.

December 7, 2022 No Comments

Strategic Support Program

There is no time to waste: Youth are in a hurry and so is the planet

By Regilon Matos

Youth no longer want to be just a token of inclusion, they want to have a voice and a place in conferences that discuss the future of the Planet and the Climate Emergency.

Given the current economic, social and environmental situation in our country and the world, it is important that young people are now awakened, become increasingly vigilant and determined to take their place where decisions are made, enter the political arena and the spaces of civil society, for a transversal debate with diplomats, CEOS, presidents, activists and third sector coordinators. In this way, becoming multiplier agents who will positively influence other leaders with their improved vision of current actions and their determination to guarantee a better future for all.

December 7, 2022 No Comments

DONATE TO TRANSFORM

From Brazil to Africa, the transformative potential of community philanthropy and social justice

Between the 5th and 10th of November, Rede Comuá was present in Entebbe, Uganda, to participate in the meeting of partner organizations of the Global Fund for Community Foundations, as well as the African Philanthropy Network conference

By Jonathas Azevedo

After three planes, two connections and more than 20 hours of travel, I arrived in Entebbe, Uganda, with the mission of representing Rede Comuá in two activities: the meeting of partners of the Global Fund for Community Foundations (GFCF), the only organization focused exclusively on growing community philanthropy globally as a central pillar of people-led development, and the African Philanthropy Network (formerly known as the African Grantmakers' Network) conference, the first since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which The theme this year was “Driving Change”, in free translation (Driving Change, in English). Both are also partner organizations in the Donate to Transform Program.

December 7, 2022 No Comments

Common Network

Between challenges and hope, philanthropies that resist

By Luisa Hernandez and Jonathas Azevedo

Influencing the field of philanthropy is not an easy task. The reproduction of colonial structures, racism, misogyny, LGBTIphobia and other forms of violence make philanthropy an environment that can still be very exclusionary, especially for political minorities. The Philanthropy, Social Justice, Civil Society and Democracy Seminar of Rede Comuá, held on the 20th and 21st of September in São Paulo, was an important reminder to everyone present, however, that philanthropy can also be a space of resistance , struggle, collaboration and, especially, hope.

November 21, 2022 No Comments

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Between the challenges and hope, philanthropies (in plural) that resist

Doing advocacy work in the field of philanthropy is not an easy task. The reproduction of colonial structures, racism, misogyny, LGBTIphobia and other diverse forms of violence make philanthropy an environment that can still be very exclusionary, especially for minority groups. However, Comuá Network's 10th Anniversary Seminar “Philanthropy, Social Justice, Civil Society and Democracy”, held on the 20th and 21st of September in São Paulo, was an important reminder to all those present that philanthropy can also be a space for resistance, struggle , collaboration and, especially, hope .

November 21, 2022 No Comments

Baixada Institute

Building horizontal spaces to share knowledge

By Diane Pereira Sousa

The title of this text is the first definition of Rede Comuá under my eyes. There are many ways to choose to define yourself as a network, but I will stick with the one that connects and expands. This text, which follows in a horizontal line, intends to talk to you about how knowledge is constructed based on decolonial community philanthropy. We are not designing recipes, in fact what we aim to do is build spaces with possibilities.

There are many ways to do philanthropy, few people recognize this. Here is our first frontier. When I refer to people, I am recognizing the existence of a system, mode, objective qualification about what philanthropy means for those who recognize it and not exactly for those who do it.

November 10, 2022 No Comments