WHAT WE DO

Participatory Grant Making

WHAT WE DO

Organisation Strengthening and Technical Support

WHAT WE DO

Action Research and Advocacy

WHAT WE DO

Women Empowerment and Leadership Academy for Development (WELeAD)

Our Programmes

Civic and Voter's Education (CVE)
Women in STEM+ Education (WISE)
Urban Poor Support for Collective Actions and Leadership of Women (UPSCALE)

Develop and pilot a Civic and Voter’s Education Training Manual to promote civic action and participatory democracy.

Partner: Institute of Politics and Governance

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Form a cooperative providing essential services to more urban poor women in Metro Manila, including slum upgrades, day care center services and VAW prevention.

Partner: PINASAMA

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Provide scholarship grants for women to attend college or university courses in STEM, Management or Accounting.

Partner: Batang Sidewalk

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SiSTER Programme

The Solidarity in Savings and Transformation for Empowerment and Resilience (SiSTER) will increase family income and savings, strengthen women’s participation...

Partner: Solidarity of Oppressed Filipino People (SOFP)

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News and Resources

In this episode of the SVRI podcast, we learn about the four key principles of ethical funding, discover the essential role of adopting a feminist approach when tackling power imbalances in this matter, and find out what ethical funding means from a funder’s perspective. Hear from guests Ayesha Mago from the SVRI, Katherine Marie Belen, co-founder of the Connective Paths Foundation (CPF), and Annika Lysén, senior programme manager at The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sida.

18 January 2022

NEW Resource: Community-Led Evaluation Brief - Guidance Note from evidence-based standards and grassroots experience

CPF is developing a new Guidance Document on Community-led Evaluation (CLE), an approach to assess achievements of a development or humanitarian project grounded in the community’s meaningful and comprehensive participation. Drawing from both the organisation’s research on the dimensions of equitable partnerships1 and the community-led monitoring (CLM) methodology popularised by the Global Fund2, the Connective Paths Foundation (CPF) developed a framework for community-led evaluation as one of its flagship programmes. Download an excerpt here. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive a high resolution copy.

19 January 2025

PODCAST: Ethical Funding in VAW Prevention and Response