What does it take to sustain an organization’s work for the long run when the community it serves can’t afford to wait? And how can building capital reserves help protect not only an organization’s financial health, but the rights, livelihoods, and sovereignty of half a million indigenous people?

In this episode, Lucía sits down with Immaculate Mutheu, Finance Specialist at Friends of Lake Turkana (FoLT), an Indigenous women-led organization in Kenya working to protect Lake Turkana, Africa's fourth-largest lake, and the half a million Indigenous people whose lives depend on it. Imma shares how FoLT moved beyond the “starvation cycle” of grant funding to build operating and change capital reserves. Drawing on 16 years of experience, Imma explores how finance leaders can make the case for capital reserves, negotiate with donors, manage risk, and build the financial resilience needed to keep showing up for their communities.

*Immaculate appears in this episode in her personal capacity. The opinions she expresses in this podcast are her personal views.