Community philanthropy: a brave new model for development funding?

Involving local people in philanthropic projects makes communities stronger. Is it time for international NGOs to stand aside? These are worrying times for civil society around the world as governments seek to demonise NGOs and their foreign funders. In the United States, an unpredictable and populist new administration appears poised to abandon the global fight against climate change and disengage from global platforms. In Russia, a sustained government campaign to demonise NGOs and their forei