Leadership Development Grants

Leadership development grants aim to promote closer regional collaboration and impactful knowledge sharing by supporting visits between our member organisations.

Leadership development grants are awarded to senior level managers of our member organisations who have participated in regional Leadership in Action meetings. This grant enables them to visit another organisation in their region to learn about topics related to their area of work through peer-to-peer learning, observation and networking.

These short visits help leaders to develop specific skills in areas such as:

Acquiring practical leadership insights
Coordinating effective cancer control campaigns
Implementing communication strategies

In 2019, eighteen members were awarded leadership development grants following Leadership in Action meetings that took place in Latin America, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and North Africa, and Francophone Africa.

2019 Programme Impact

A recent survey of our 2019 leadership development grantees showed that:

What do our grantees say?

grantee quotes

"The visit met my expectations in giving me the skills necessary to draw analysis and comparisons for advocacy, programming and fundraising techniques used locally in Kurdistan and in Jordan by the King Hussein Cancer Foundation (KHCF).

Sara Rashid, Kurdistan Save the Children, Iraq
hosted by King Hussein Cancer Foundation, Jordan

"I used my knowledge to raise awareness about patient advocacy through a co-organised event. The visit was so successful that it served as a catalyst for future collaboration not only with the host organisation but also with other cancer organisations that were present at the public event."

Rania Azmi, Fadia Survive & Thrive, Quwait
hosted by the Medical Research Institute, Egypt

Testimonials

"Cette visite m’a permis de comprendre que le succès de la lutte contre le cancer à l’échelle d’un pays ou d’une région ne peut se concevoir sans une coalition et une synergie des différents acteurs : organisations de la société civile, pouvoirs publics, citoyens"

Freddy Gnangnon, SOS Cancer Benin
hosted by Ligue Senegaliase Contre le Cancer, Senegal

"Being able to learn from an experienced leader like Iris, who has grown the Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society from 10 staff to 105 staff can only help equip myself as a leader"

Chris Cheng, Society for Cancer Advocacy and Awareness, Malaysia
hosted by the Hong-Kong Anti-Cancer Society

Click on the section below to view a list of all our 2019 Leadership development grantees and hosts.

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