International Fellow

Pakistan

In 2006, GFC created an International Fellow position as a means of deepening and institutionalizing its commitment to provide demand-driven support to grantee partners. The objectives of the fellowship are to ensure that GFC understands the needs and concerns of its grantee partners, provides them with support that effectively addresses those needs and concerns, learns from their experiences, and disseminates those lessons for adaptation and application in other locations and contexts.

The role of International Fellow will be to bring an international grassroots perspective to GFC’s work in grantmaking, capacity building, and knowledge management. The Fellow will work directly with GFC staff—and perhaps also with grantee partners—to review and evaluate current systems and practices, to identify areas of interest or concern, and to jointly develop and implement recommendations for continuous improvement and growth.

In return, the International Fellow will have the opportunity to gain first-hand familiarity with GFC’s programmatic, operational, and financial systems and procedures, as well as the broader context of philanthropy, development, networking, advocacy, and children’s issues. It is hoped that the Fellow will gain skills, experiences, and ideas that will strengthen his/her work at the grassroots level in his/her home country.

International Fellow candidates will be drawn from current and former GFC grantee partners, other community-based organizations, intermediary grantmakers, resource organizations, and organizations that provide institutional development and capacity building support to community-based organizations.

Each International Fellow’s specific scope of work will be determined jointly by GFC and the international fellow upon his/her selection.

Former Fellows

• Pamela Kola, Kenya, Early Childhood Development (2008)
• Nicholas Kauffmann, Switzerland, Youth and Gender, The Distinctive Needs of Vulnerable Boys (2007)
• Sonali Ojha, India, Psychosocial Support for Vulnerable Children (2006)