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How to Identify and recruit champions: The Story of the Puebla Community Foundation
By Agustin Landa | March 2006 | View Full Text | Email Link

Abstract

This powerpoint, by Senior Fellow Agustin Landa, discusses how the Puebla Community Foundation began, the values a community foundation can bring to a community, and the skills and attitudes of community foundation leaders. The Puebla Community Foundation sought to update the context of philanthropy in Mexico by promoting philanthropy for a "future" based on accountability and results rather than relations and traditions. The foundation realized other local NGOs were eager to work together to create a stronger voice for the community. Also the foundation's emphasis on solidarity and interdependcy has helped to generate community sustainaiblity.

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