”Unity is our strentgh” says Rampati Devis in the village Bhojpur, India. After several years of delay, there wes finally going to be a bridge so that the women could get safely to the market. Then they discovered the bridge was being jerry-built. With support from Diakonia’s partner organization Chetna Bharati, women from 12 villages united to put pressure on the builder and local authorities. Today they have their bridge, solid and well built! Photo: Stephen Welch
Diakonia and its partners
Diakonia is a flexible donor agency that supports our partners agenda in all possible ways. The combination of core funding, capacity building and strategies for advocacy, has over the years been proven effective by many external evaluators.
Core funding and capacity building
Diakonia focuses on core funding. This enables, for example, long term efforts and also networking on many different levels.
We always include capacity building in our partnerships. The capacity building is a result of the partner's own developed strategies and identified skills necessary for an effective work.
Strategic partners
Diakonia has a vast experience in identifying strategic partners within the civil society: Organizations that are effective in acting for development and change.
Many of our partner organizations focus on concrete work within one specific area. Thanks to the cooperation with Diakonia, they get the possibility to work on a long term basis.
In their long term work they can identify all relevant and critical processes and factors that affect and influence their area of work. In the end, the processes shall deliver a more just and equal society – a real and sustainable change that involves all relevant rights holders.
Guiding principles in our relationship with partners
Ever since Diakonia first started its work in the 1960's, the relationship with partner organizations have been characterized by these guiding principles:
A strong and genuine parthership
Prioritization of strategic and long term work
Focus on strenghtening local organizations in their own work
Inclusion of capacity building in all partnerships