How the development sector can foster true allyship with social movements
Why It Matters
For many communities at the centre of social movements, their needs are rapidly changing with multiple global crises. What they need from global development and advocates is an open dialogue to address their concerns.
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When Jean Marie Ishimwe was in primary school in Nairobi, Kenya, he wore an outdated school uniform and never got to go on school trips. He stayed back at school with the other students whose families couldnโt possibly afford the excursion. For Ishimweโs family, who are Rwandan refugees, the struggle of paying school fees followed him to high school.
Ishimweโs father owned a tailoring business and his mother did casual jobs and community work. The little income his parents generated were mostly used up on food and rent, with little left to Ishimwe and his siblings through school. A yearโs fees in high school cost ar
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