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Asia’s new social outcomes marketplace launched by AVPN
AVPN 2024: AVPN and a new venture called OutcomesX has today launched a social outcomes platform across Asia. They say the initiative is an important move for Asia to meet its $1.5 trillion Sustainable Development …
AVPN 2024: UAE commits $125 million for global health, poverty alleviation, and species conservation
A raft of funding commitments from government and philanthropic bodies has accompanied the start of a major gathering of philanthropy and impact investors in Abu Dhabi. The announcements at AVPN Global – a network that …
USAID scrutinised by staff and developmental health workers over Gaza
The US Agency for International Development is under pressure from some of its staff who say the governmental organisation, who help fund and collaborate private philanthropies, has been unable to grasp the severity of the …
Engage in trust based philanthropy for long term impact, says IRC
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has launched a report publishing key findings from the largest intervention into early childhood in the world. The release of the publication marks thirteen years since the start of …
Where is philanthropy as we sleepwalk into conflict?
Few would disagree that the loss of almost 30,000 Palestinian lives in Gaza (at the time of writing) and the massacre of 1,200 people in Israel on 7 October 2023 are moral failings of huge …
Empowering the Next Generation: Green Education is Key
‘If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people.’ This ancient Chinese proverb remains relevant to humankind’s future, even as we struggle against an existential environmental …
Gaza latest: UNRWA on the brink
The UN’s largest agency in Gaza is becoming increasingly “desperate” with humanitarian needs “increasing by the hour”. Its biggest donors, including UK, US and Germany have all suspended funds, as well as Japan and Austria. …
Can Arab Philanthropy be a Game Changer in Climate Action in the Arab Region?
Last week, during a Global Convening of Philanthropies at the COP28 climate summit, the Arab Foundations Forum, a non-profit membership-based association of philanthropic organizations based or working in the Arab region, announced an Arab Regional …
COP28: World’s largest private climate investment vehicle is launched by UAE
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has launched the world’s largest private climate investment vehicle ($30 billion USD) with the aim of drawing in a further $250 billion to slow climate change. The fund, named Alterra, …
The irony of Dubai and COP
A constant haze of pollution hangs over Dubai, blocking out the stunning night skies usually experienced if you are deep in the desert. Dubai is a modern city of amazing high-rise buildings, architecture, lights and …
