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A Decade of the Commonwealth Charter: Young Leaders’ Dialogue Join young changemakers to discuss how to turn Charter values into action. View Now

Wild Speculations on the Nature of Festivity (and the Practice of Friendship)

Ntsika Kota reflects on his appearance at the George Town Literary Festival.

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New projects announced

Read about the civil society projects funded in our latest open call.

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Featured projects

Pattern Grant funded

Basic income support in the context of Covid-19 and beyond

This project is funded by extra-budgetary resources provided by the Government of Canada.
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Pattern Grant funded

Fighting sexual and gender-based violence: collaboration, advocacy, awareness and protection

This project is funded by extra-budgetary resources provided by the Government of Canada.
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Pattern Grant funded

Enhancing citizens’ participation for effective Covid-19 responses

This project is funded by extra-budgetary resources provided by the Government of Canada.
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The Commonwealth Foundation's online literary magazine of new writing is known as adda. Read fiction, non-fiction and poetry from across the globe.

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