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Advocacy Highlights |
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Tax
Incentives |
The year 2002 saw the completion and circulation of a study into the Kenyan
Tax Regime and Its Impact on the Unanalysed: The
Role of the Legal Tax Framework in Promoting or
Constraining Local Philanthropy. The study
also contained a comparison of best practices in
other jurisdictions. Ufadhili used the findings to
stimulate discussions within a working group,
comprising representatives from government,
corporate, and non-profit sectors. Dialogue
focused on the need for an enabling tax
environment for philanthropy. The Tax Incentive
Initiative aims at bringing a wide range of
stakeholders together to harmonise their efforts
and to collaborate in the establishment of a more
enabling legal and policy framework for giving. |
| Harambee Taskforce |
Ufadhili in the following year presented written proposals to and made
oral submissions before the Task Force on
Harambees. The task force adopted the proposals,
which included provisions of tax incentives for
contributions to charitable organisations, in its
final report. |
| National Policy for
NGOs |
| For about two years after the proposal was submitted, Ufadhili
participated in the efforts leading to the final
draft of the National Policy for NGOs. As a result
of government’s approval of the session paper,
CSOs started to advocate for the development of a
comprehensive and facilitative law for NGOs in
Kenya.
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| 16th Annual International Fellows Philanthropy
Conference |
The Centre for Civil Society Studies-Johns Hopkins University (USA) in
partnership with; Institute of Development Studies
(University of Nairobi), the National Council of
NGOs (Kenya), International Council for Social
Welfare, the Development Network of Indigenous
Voluntary Associations (Uganda), and the Tanzania
Gatsby Trust, Ufadhili Trust hosted in Nairobi the
16th Annual International Fellows
Philanthropy Conference in 2004. The theme of the
gathering was Enabling
Legal and Policy Environment for the Nonprofits:
Ensuring Impact and Value to Society.
Over 100 civil society practitioners and experts
from East Africa and 30 other countries around the
world took part in the deliberations that led to
the Nairobi Statement available online at
http://www.jhu.edu,
which Kenyan civil society can use as a platform
to advocate for a more enabling environment. |
| Social Justice
Philanthropy Study |
| Ufadhili Trust successfully completed social justice philanthropy
research. The purpose of the study conducted in
2005 was to analyse how funding organizations
apply their philanthropic resources to address
social injustices and inequalities. The study was
part of a larger project conducted simultaneously
in four other countries around the world:
India
,
Indonesia
,
Chile
, and the
United States of America
. The organisation conducted dissemination of the
study in
New York
,
Beijing
, and
Budapest
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| Occasional Social
Justice Paper Series |
Ufadhili convened a round table focusing on decentralised funds as a tool
for the mobilisation of local resources. Following
the activity, Ufadhili prepared an Occasional Social Justice Paper Series No. 1 on Decentralised Funding. |
| Mapping of
institutions involved in Social Justice |
| Ufadhili carried out a mapping exercise of institutions involved in
advocating for social justice at the
Coast
Province
and in
Western Kenya
. A total of 65 organizations were identified..
Ufadhili is developing a virtual social justice
map, which will inform grant makers what social
justice initiatives are taking place in
Kenya
. The map will also enable social justice actors
to network with each other for learning and
greater impact. |
| The
East Africa
Community Civil Society Organizations Forum |
The East Africa Community
(EAC) CSO Forum elected Ufadhili Trust to serve
on its national steering committee. The forum
integrates civil society’s participation in and
engagement with the East Africa Community. |
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Quote |
"PEOPLE
GO INTO BUSINESS TO DO WELL |
BUT
STAY IN BUSINESS TO DO GOOD" |
Mahatma
Gandhi |
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