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For years, families in Badhan, Somalia, lived with an impossible calculation: how much water could they afford this month? Durdur is a locally rooted water company in Badhan designed to solve one o...

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Prepared for Adeso's Executive Director, Degan Ali’s nomination for the 2025 Elevate Prize

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This powerful video highlights transformative personal stories from communities in Sanaag and Nugaal, Somalia, demonstrating how Saxansaxo is redefining aid through mutual support and community-dri...

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Here is feedback from the Pledge Annual Virtual Gathering sessions that took place on November 5, 2024

Here is the Global Advisory review clip presented during the Pledge Annual Virtual Gathering on November 5, 2024.

Here is a clip of the Authentic Storytelling review presented during the Pledge Annual Virtual Gathering on 5th November 2024. The focus of the review was to highlight INGOs compliance with ethical...

Here is a review of the Pledge Accountability and Learning Mechanisms progress, presented during the Pledge Annual Virtual Gathering on November 5 2024. This session highlights Signatories' complia...

Here are the opening remarks by Amitabh Behar during The Pledge Annual Virtual Gathering that took place on November 5, 2024.

Here is an update on the Partners Survey presented by WACSI during the Pledge Annual Virtual Gathering that took place on November 5, 2024.

This insightful session with global philanthropists and change makers discusses the critical role that philanthropy can play in advancing locally led development so that communities are in the dri...

Join us for the *Pledge for Change Annual Virtual Gathering* on *5th November 2024!* In this video, global leaders share powerful messages urging all Pledge signatories and supporters to come toget...

Degan Ali discusses the Pledge for Change Accountability and Learning Mechanism.

Today, we celebrate World Water Day and one of Earth's most vital resources – Water is life! Did you know nearly half the world relies on groundwater for drinking? This invisible resource is cruci...

Explore the changing landscape of Somalia, where droughts, famine, and deforestation have left communities in crisis. Adeso's Durdur Water Enterprise disrupts the status quo, providing affordable,...

Building a Fair & Transparent Aid Ecosystem. Pledge for Change commits to solidarity, humility, self-determination, & equality. Recognizing unequal power dynamics, this initiative ensures a fa

#GoalMakers2022. Co-creation and Partnerships- Degan Ali Speaks. She said, "We need to create a new aid and humanitarian assistance architecture based on abundance and trust. First, instead of go...

While speaking at the 2022 Global Philanthropy Forum, Degan Ali said, " “The biggest philanthropist are the poor. We ignore them, we think that philanthropy is attached to having a large endowment ...

In this Plenary Discussion, Degan Ali, the Executive Director for Adeso joins a team of other global think tanks, articulating the strategic vision for a decolonised aid ecosystem in which local or...