About

Established by Faith to Action Network in 2021, GI4CT is a social enterprise generating sustainable income to support welfare and rights work across Africa.

Introduction

The Global Investment for Change Trust (GI4CT) is an independent social enterprise established by Faith to Action Network (F2AN) in 2021. The Trust purpose is to generate income through consultant and other commercial activities to support the F2AN’s objectives. The Trust generates income from rent, commercial contracts, donations, gifts, grants, bequeaths, fees and investment income.

Governance

As a legal entity, GI4CT is a separate functional entity, existing in its own right, separate from its members and its founder. The beneficiary of the Trust is Faith to Action Network. The Trust is managed by independent Trustees who oversee all the affairs of the Trust and administering the Trust Fund. The trustees hold regular scheduled ordinary or extra ordinary meetings when necessary.

The trustees hold all money and other property settled upon trust for those charitable purposes referred to in clause 4 of its deed together with all other money and property which may be added to it by way of capital or income.

The Trust has an identity of its own independent from its Trustees and/or its Founder and has perpetual succession, i.e., it exists even if the office bearers or members change.

The property and income of the Trust shall not be distributed to its office bearers or members except as reasonable compensation for services rendered.

The members or office bearers shall have no rights in the property or other assets of the Trust.

Income generation by the Trust

The Trust generates income to expand the reserves of and support the welfare actions of Faith to Action Network through

  • Rent & property leasing
  • Commercial consultancies
  • Donations, gifts & bequests
  • Grants & institutional funding
  • Fees & investment income

Training Resources

A holistic model for financial sustainability.

Our trainings are grounded in a Guide on financial sustainability developed by Faith to Action Network, a holistic resource mobilization model that empowers local organisations to strengthen their financial health.
Developed with Brot für die Welt, the materials include a Facilitators' Guide, Manual and workshop resources in English, French and Spanish.
Additional resources cover women's rights and gender justice, intergenerational dialogue on SRHR and peace, a communications toolkit for faith leaders, and a guide on enhancing the role of faith leaders in peace.

Capacity Statement

To generate income, the Trust has undertaken various training consultancies between the year 2018 and the first quarter of 2026. Additional trainings are planned for 2026 and 2027. The training approach has been successfully tested in Nairobi, Kenya (in 2018); Jinja, Uganda (in 2019); Kinshasa, Goma and Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo – DRC (in 2022); Lusaka, Zambia (in 2022); Kigali, Rwanda (2022); Lilongwe, Malawi (in 2023); Bujumbura, Burundi (2023); Harare and Bulawayo (2024); Free Town, Sierra Leonne (2024) Monrovia, Liberia (2025); Accra, Ghana 2025 and; Sagana, Kenya (2026). It has already been replicated by Brot für die Welt partners in Tanzania in 2020. Overall, participants’ quantitative and qualitative responses from Burundi, DRC, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia and, Zimbabwe indicate an increase in knowledge on all aspects of resource mobilization.
In addition to Bread for the World, the Trust has conducted similar trainings for other clients including members of the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) in Lukenya, Kenya (2024) and senior staff of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in Mombasa, Kenya (2025).

Participants from Burundi, DRC, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe report increased knowledge across every aspect of resource mobilization.Aggregated training evaluations