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Funding local and Indigenous communities is key to safeguarding Brazil’s biodiversity 

Lisa Gunn 1 March 2024

Brazil is a complex place. It is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world. The Amazon Rainforest alone is home to 10 percent of all wildlife on earth, including plants and animals that …


Localising philanthropy – what does it entail?

Arun Kumar and Ritesh Datta 26 February 2024

Localisation, shifting power and decolonisation are among the most talked about phrases in social development spaces today. If pursued earnestly, they have the potential to positively alter the impact of social development efforts globally. It …


Group of about 20 people under 40 smile against a neon backdrop at FLII 2023

Latin American impact experts: ‘Friends make better investment partners’

Claudia Cahalane 21 February 2024

Human connection and empathy is the way to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), say Latin American social investment experts, ahead of next week’s impact investment event FLII Connect 2024 in Mexico. The 14th convention …

The #ShiftThePower Global Summit

Alliance magazine 1 February 2024

The #ShiftThePower Global Summit brought together changemakers and trailblazers from around the world and from across different parts of the international development, philanthropy and civil society systems. A key objective was to create ‘good collisions’ …

Three lessons for peace, from Latin America

Felipe Bogotá Rodríguez 29 January 2024

Bogota was the epicenter of a global conversation about new dynamics and ways of deciding in relation to power. Over the three days we had the privilege of bringing together more than 700 agents of …

Anti-Rights Movements, Feminisms and Civil Society in Latin America

Andrés Thompson 29 January 2024

Many studies on civil society, the ‘third sector’ and philanthropy in Latin America and the Caribbean have for years analyzed the legal and fiscal context in which nonprofit organizations operate in the region.  There is …

The road from Bogota is an uphill climb

Charlotte Kilpatrick 25 January 2024

The International Emerald Museum of Columbia sits on the top floor of a tower block in central Bogota. Access to the museum involves more than just buying a ticket. Before entering the ground lobby a …

Empowering the Global South: Philanthropy’s Role in the Climate Crisis

Pedro Hartung 22 January 2024

In two years’ time the United Nations will host the COP 30 climate conference in the Brazilian Amazon. This is a unique opportunity, and philanthropy should be planning right now to heed the call for …

FLII Connect: Latin American Impact Investing Forum 2024

Alliance magazine 18 January 2024

Air pollution relegated to philanthropic margins, says Clean Air Fund

Shafi Musaddique 16 January 2024

Improving air quality is relegated to just a tiny 0.1 per cent of total philanthropic funding, despite some 8.3 million deaths attributed to air pollution globally in what has been described as “one of the …