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GIFE - Online platform unites Brazilian philanthropists

1 September 2010
Alliance magazine

In June, GIFE (Group of Institutes, Foundations and Enterprises) held its first-ever web conference to bring together the most prominent philanthropy groups in Brazil. Also used as a training tool, these online meetings seek to overcome the geographical divides that separate foundation and other non-profit professionals from each other.

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SaludMesoamerica

New public-philanthropic initiative to improve health in Central America

15 July 2010
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The Salud Mesoamérica 2015 (Health MesoAmerica 2015) initiative, whose aim is to combat poverty and to reduce infant and maternal mortality in Mexico and Central America, was launched in June. The initiative has attracted an initial investment of USD150 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Carlos Slim Foundation and the Government of Spain. Click here to read ...


IGNIA Fund raises USD102 million for social investment

15 July 2010
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IGNIA Fund I, LP Latin America’s first and largest impact investing fund, has reached USD102 million – a sum it will use to serve businesses at the base of the socioeconomic pyramid. Despite the economic climate, the fund has exceeded its initial fundraising objective of between USD50 million and USD75 million. Click here to read ...


Philanthropy online in Latin America: advances despite the crisis

15 July 2010
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Help Argentina and Conexión Colombia (Colombia Connection), online platforms to support social sector organizations and causes in their respective countries, are expanding their fundraising activities despite the recession, especially from people of the so-called diaspora who want to contribute to the social sector in their countries of origin. Click here to read ...


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Ethos conference aims to give CSR a push

15 July 2010
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Ethos Institute and the Movimento Nossa São Paulo (Our Movement − São Paulo) launched the City of São Paulo Business Support Forum at Ethos’s 2010 International Conference in May. The Forum’s objective is to raise awareness among, and to mobilize and provide advice to, companies so that they work towards fair and sustainable development in the city. It already has 21 participating companies. Click here to read ...


IDIS and Resource Alliance form new partnership to stimulate Brazilian NPOs

15 July 2010
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Helping Brazilian non-profit organizations to achieve financial sustainability is among the principal objects of a strategic alliance between the Institute for the Development of Social Investment (IDIS) in Brazil and Resource Alliance. Among other things, it will help meet one of the challenges for the sector in Brazil: professionalizing the field of fundraising. ‘In Brazil, although we have advanced in the last ten years, we still have much to do,’ said local Resource Alliance representative Rodrigo Alvarez. Click here to read ...


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Ashoka workshop reveals growing appetite for market-based solutions to rural development

15 July 2010
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‘We should no longer consider models in which this cooperation between sectors doesn’t exist … we have to complement one another and build new models that are based not on competition, but on cooperation.’ Thus said the head of the Sustentavia consultancy, speaking at a workshop organized by Ashoka and Fundemex in Mexico last month. Click here to read ...


Templanza wins social enterprise award

15 July 2010
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Fundación Templanza of Chile has been awarded this year’s NESsT Women in Social Enteprise award. Fundación Templanza, which currently reaches over 300 patients a month, is dedicated to improving the lives of Chilean women, particularly those who are victims of domestic violence. Its social enterprise provides high-quality psychological support services to these victims, through a differentiated fee scale. The award was made at the LAVCA Chile Private Equity and Venture Capital Forum in May.

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Conferences and events

15 July 2010
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18-19 August
Colombia: Fertile Ground for SGBs and Impact Investing
New Ventures Colombia
Bogotá, Colombia
www.newventurescolombia.net

2-3 September
FAST Financial Fair
Finance Alliance for Sustainable Trade
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
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Alianza con un movimiento social como estrategia para el avance
Oscar Fergutz

Alianza con un movimiento social como estrategia para el avance

Oscar Fergutz
1 July 2010
Alliance Español

Para millones de personas, reciclar residuos de la calle representa la opción última y desesperada para sobrevivir de un trabajo y no de la limosna. Los recicladores se ganan la vida a partir de la basura que hace la gente, y a menudo ellos mismos son vistos como basura, socialmente excluidos y sufren explotación económica. No obstante ello, paradójicamente, hacen una gran contribución a nuestras sociedades. Si el mundo ha de moverse hacia un modelo sostenible de desarrollo, reciclar los residuos se transformará en uno de sus pilares críticos. Click here to read ...


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