Conference reports

4th APPC Regional Conference

Caroline Hartnell
1 September 2008
Alliance magazine

Event APPC's 4th Regional Conference
Date 21-23 May
Venue Hanoi, Vietnam
Organizer Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium
Theme Diaspora Giving: An Agent of Change in Asia Pacific Communities?

Is diaspora giving an agent of change in Asia Pacific communities? Can it be? Is disparate charitable giving by diaspora communities to their countries of origin shifting to more strategic giving directed to achieving social change? These were some of the questions posed to the 120 participants at the Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium’s fourth regional conference, held in May.

Why focus on the diaspora?

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