A MOOC Artefact Project submitted by Simeon Oziri Ogbonna, Enugu, Nigeria in support of exploring more sources of funding for the education SDG, that is Goal 4.

1. Leveraging Resources for
Education SDG through
Local Philanthropy
By Simeon Oziri Ogbonna

3. Sample of Resource from Local
Philanthropy
 The picture in above slide is a new classroom block in South West Primary
School in Udi local government of Enugu State, Nigeria.
 It is an example of leveraging resources for public education through local
philanthropy.
 The construction of the 6-classroom block was funded by a local
philanthropist, a Catholic priest based in the community.
 Another local philanthropist furnished the classrooms with comfortable
seating for the children.
 During the construction of the classroom block, women in the community
organised themselves and provided food at their own cost to the builders,
which further reduced the cost of the project.
 The total cost of this project is estimated at 100,000 USD.

4. Example from DFID-Supported
Programme
 This example illustrates how a DFID-supported school improvement programme (SIP) is
galvanising communities and local philanthropists to step forward and support their schools
with such infrastructure as classrooms, libraries, and water and sanitation facilities.
 It also illustrates how resources to support education (SDG 4) can be leveraged through
collaboration by various stakeholders.
 Through DFID’s support, partner civil society organisations are building the capacity of
school-based management committee (SBMC) members to mobilise resources in cash,
infrastructure or services to support the education of children in their local schools.
 In the last 2 years, SBMCs have leveraged resources worth over one million USD from local
philanthropists and other community stakeholders (esspin.org).
 Local philanthropists are a veritable source of funding for the education SDG that needs to be
tapped through capacity building on resource mobilisation for community members,
increased collaboration and provision of incentives for philanthropists that invest in schools in
their communities.
 One such incentive is naming projects they support after the philanthropists

5. What is Local Philanthropy?
 Philanthropy is described as local when it fulfils one of two conditions
 Based or resides in the community as in the case of the example in this project that was powered by a priest
based in the community even though there might have been some external support for it
 Associated with or has links with the community although the philanthropist might not permanently reside in
the community
 An example of the above would be rich sons and daughters of a community who live and make their monies
elsewhere at home or abroad providing resources to support schools in their communities
 Corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects in schools by companies that operate in particular
communities also qualifies as local philanthropy—picture in next slide is an example of CSR by a company in
support of school meal in a school
 Philanthropic gestures need not come from a single individual.
 Could be a pool of resources from individuals or groups within the community to support education in
the community
 Aptly fits with the concept of crowding in resources from various sources in support of SDGs
 Will help to source a part of the average of $US39 billion needed to fund SDG 4 between 2015 and
2013 in low and middle income countries (unesco.org.)

6. Meal time at Central School, Eke (Left) and
Building (Left) donated to the school by a company
operating in the community