Zambian Governance Foundation’s (ZGF) mission is to strengthen local communities and civil society capacities to unlock and
utilise available and untapped resources for sustainable development. To date, ZGF has
supported 162 organisations, ranging from well-established CSOs and emerging CSOs to
community-based organisations across all provinces of Zambia, through a total of 236
grants awarded and built relationships with an estimated 400 CSOs and CBOs over the past
15 years as well as 17 communities. In 2017, ZGF ventured into working directly with
communities in an effort to strengthen the community-led development approach as a
way of reducing communities’ dependency syndrome from external support. At
community level, ZGF’s specific role is to help revive the community philanthropy ethos,
empower communities to become active partners in defining and shaping their
development by tapping into their own resources, help develop community structures,
strengthen community leadership, facilitate civic self-organisation, and link communities
to interested stakeholders