from the desk of Dr. Ramatu Bangura, CRIF’s Founding Director & Purposeful’s Co-CEO Dear CRIF Friends & Colleagues, As the Children’s Rights Innovation Fund (CRIF) prepares to celebrate its fourth year, we are thinking about...

We continue to watch and listen as the “innocence” of  children is used to justify violence, bloodlust and revenge; even while they are simultaneously centered in calls for peace.  This paradox illustrates that childhood and...

What’s Possible… When Donors Take Young People’s Lead Many of us working in the philanthropic sector have the intention of making the world more equitable and just, especially for young people. Yet, too many of...

5 Lessons on Safety from the 2022 Seeking Safety Youth Grantmaking Collaborative Over 6 weeks in summer 2022, the Children’s Rights Innovation Fund (CRIF) and the Just Beginnings Collaborative (JBC) posed two questions to seven young...

The world has made significant progress in the recognition and protection of children and youth rights, but much of it remains within the confines of colonial or patriarchal standards.   On the 26th January 2023,...

The Children’s Rights Innovation Fund is grounded in a spirit of radical possibility. As we work to build power with children and youth activists, we embrace challenging questions with curiosity, provide space and community to...

5 Lessons on Safety from the 2022 Seeking Safety Youth Grantmaking Collaborative Over 6 weeks in summer 2022, the Children’s Rights Innovation Fund (CRIF) and the Just Beginnings Collaborative (JBC) posed two questions to seven young...

The world has made significant progress in the recognition and protection of children and youth rights, but much of it remains within the confines of colonial or patriarchal standards.   On the 26th January 2023,...