Thread by @AmnestyKenya

Guess what day it is? Yes, Monday but also the first day of #NGOWeek2021! You don’t want to miss the kick off ceremony where our ED, @irunguhoughton, will be speaking! You can tune in on @tv47ke or using this link👇🏾:

“One of our biggest lessons is the need to make sure our interventions are grounded in sustainability,” @KateVorley, Country Director of @PlanGlobal
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“As the sector has evolved we’ve seen NGOs adopt a rights based approach,”@KateVorley, Country Director of @PlanGlobal
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“We want to make sure that we are not eroding the resilience of families and we are helping them come up with sustainable solutions,”@KateVorley, Country Director of @PlanGlobal
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“It’s really important to note the role NGOs play in this country,”@KateVorley, Country Director of @PlanGlobal
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“We are able to bridge the gap between policy,research and practice,” @KateVorley, on the importance of NGOs
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“Going back, I would say charity is as old as humanity,” Dr.Raphael Kinoti of @TheBrookeEA
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“We have to think globally because today we are in an interconnected part of this economy,” Dr.Raphael Kinoti of @TheBrookeEA on how NGOs must think
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“Some parts of the world are affecting even the most rural part of our country,”Dr.Raphael Kinoti of @TheBrookeEA
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“We have to think globally but we have to act locally to safeguard livelihoods of people in our communities,”Dr.Raphael Kinoti of @TheBrookeEA
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“There is no way we can have this conversation without talking about the historical significance. It is now 30 years, since the NGO Coordination Act was passed on January 14, 1991,” @irunguhoughton
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“What we have to recognize is that this sector has at least two generations. I think we must also recognize the resilience of the sector,”@irunguhoughton
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“It’s actually bizarre now to think that working on women’s rights poverty eradication, civic education and protecting Uhuru Park and other green spaces was so dangerous,” @irunguhoughton on the NGO space in the ‘90s
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“In the 1990s if you called for universal healthcare or education you would sound like a communist, even though these are now common practices now,”@irunguhoughton
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“Between 2014-2017, NGOs fought and successfully and defeated at least five legislative and procedural attempts to control NGO leadership, assets and stop 85 percent of foreign funding,”@irunguhoughton
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“I think we missed an opportunity as NGOs and government to look for different modes of financing,”@irunguhoughton
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“There could be agreement between Government and the NGO sector, that the two sectors are complementary,”@irunguhoughton on the new leadership @ngoboardkenya and what it led to.
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“In 2019, the sector was worth Kshs 166 billion. The sector employs 79,000 employees and mobilises 39,000 volunteers in 47 counties,”@irunguhoughton on the state of the sector
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“As we lean into this third wave, the sector must focus on curbing corruption and impunity, that everyone has access to the vaccine and those who need it are able to get it,”@irunguhoughton on the focus of the NGO sector during the third wave
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“It is a historic moment, 30 years is not a short amount of time,”@irunguhoughton
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Tune into @tv47ke to follow the discussion and watch as @ngoboardkenya unveils and takes as through their 2020 Annual Report. #NGOsWeekOnTV47 #NGOWeek2021