Welcome to Transform Africa
Transform Africa is a UK registered charity committed to fighting poverty and social injustice in the region. It is a member of the Transform Network of training, research and advocacy organisations. It grew from a consortium of Northern NGOs comprising CAFOD, Christian Aid, Oxfam and World University Services (WUS), which felt that capacity-building services were more effective in terms of cost and relevance when provided by local NGO partners who understand the local contexts better.
Transform Africa has accumulated a wealth of experience in improving the effectiveness of local organisations and their beneficiary communities. We achieved this through always working in partnership with local African organisations. So far over 130 organisations have benefited from our capacity-building programmes, which cover several countries including Kenya, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, the Gambia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Our approach to capacity building and working with local communities has become increasingly transformational as it has evolved and now focuses on behavioural and attitudinal change brought about through processes of reflection and reappraisal rather than on training and sensitisation. For example, a five-year gender research in various countries in Africa equipped us with a fund of knowledge, experience and expertise in addressing the underlying causes of gender bias and inequality. Similarly, we have learnt from experience that leadership styles are overwhelmingly influenced embedded values and beliefs. As a result gender and leadership transformation have become the bedrock of our programme and capacity-building work.
