Smile Foundation announced its partnership with the Dutch development organisation, Wilde Ganzen, to launch the international capacity building initiative: Change the Game Academy (CTG Academy) in India.
The academy is a first of its kind e-learning portal specially created for grassroots NGOs and CBOs. Driven with a vision to mitigating the challenges of arranging funding and resource mobilisation due to a lack of proper management system, communication and mobilisation skills, or preparedness of the internal organisation, the academy has been launched to help the local community welfare projects reap benefits of digital India at the very grassroots.
The academy uses the blended learning approach, combining face-to-face courses, full e-learning courses, separate e-learning modules and toolkits and collective and individual coaching. The e-learning platform has easy modules, designed by international experts, adopted in the Indian context by the Smile Foundation. Representatives from the CBOs and grassroots NGOs can learn and complete the courses at their own pace and convenience. The academy is focused at strengthening the capacities of grassroots organisations in three main domains: organisational capacity, local fundraising, and mobilisation of support. Besides India, the programme will also be launched in Brazil, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and South Africa.