Poverty
About DG Communities

dgCommunities is a collaborative space for professionals working to reduce poverty and promote sustainable development worldwide. Members in more than 200 countries share knowledge resources, tools, contact information, and more. Each online community is centered on specific themes and guided by experts in the field. 

An Online Network for Development

dgCommunities is provided by the Development Gateway Foundation (DGF) as part of its mission to reduce poverty and enable change in developing nations through information technology. Knowledge sharing and cooperation at the local and international level has become much easier with the spread of the Internet. dgCommunities helps make this happen, aggregating thousands of content resources from members, and providing an online connection to professional peers.

Collaboration and Partnerships

International collaboration is at the heart of dgCommunities. More than 500 individuals and organizations working as volunteer guides and advisors, or cooperating with the DGF team in other ways. If you or your organization want to get involved, please read our Get Involved page and then contact us. We want to hear from you.

Openness, Tolerance, Respect

Use of dgCommunities is open to all. We are committed to the values of tolerance and respect for all views, with no preference or bias as to the source of any content submitted by a community member or partner organization. The majority of topic-related content in this site comes from the community at large, and does not represent the views of DGF. Please see our terms and conditions and disclaimer for more information.

Multicultural, Multilingual

dgCdoommunities has global membership. The dominant language of most individual communities and their content is English. Navigation is also available in Arabic, French, and Spanish. We encourage members to submit content in French and Spanish. Currently, only the Arab reform community accepts content in Arabic. Most guides, advisors, and other participants speak more than one language, in some cases, many languages. Feel free to contact them.