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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.
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Wild Speculations on the Nature of Festivity (and the Practice of Friendship)
Ntsika Kota reflects on his appearance at the George Town Literary Festival.
New projects announced
Read about the civil society projects funded in our latest open call.
Featured projects
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.
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.
Grant funded
Enhancing citizens’ participation for effective Covid-19 responses
This project is funded by extra-budgetary resources provided by the Government of Canada.
adda stories
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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Grants streams
Find out how we support people’s engagement in democracy and development through our grant streams.
Critical Conversations
Watch previous episodes and register to participate in our flagship online event series.
Where we work
Explore our projects through an interactive world map.
Commonwealth Charter
View the Commonwealth Charter: the document of the values and aspirations which unite the Commonwealth and guide our work.
