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Pakistani philanthropy hit hard amid deepening economic turmoil
Pakistan’s financial crisis, caused by a long delay in the $1.1 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund, is severely hitting its philanthropic sector. It could mean more cutbacks in charitable programmes already struggling. The rupee’s massive devaluation and …
Global challenges, Asian Solutions
Transformational collaboration, Asian leadership, empowered communities, urgent action: AVPN CEO Naina Batra offered these four rallying cries in her opening remarks of this year’s conference in Kuala Lumpur. These themes or some combination were to …
Interview: Ajay Piramal
One of the keynote speakers at this year’s AVPN Conference was Ajay Piramal, Chairman of the Piramal Group and the Piramal Foundation. Is he wearing two hats, a corporate one and a philanthropic one? Not …
The makings of effective philanthropy
One day, not that long ago, a few of us from the India Climate Collaborative sat on a low couch in our office tossing ideas back and forth as we tried to answer a challenging …
3 takeaways for deeper impact
Last October, my academic advisor nonchalantly told me that the University of Oregon had some funding to send me to a philanthropy conference in Kuala Lumpur and asked if I wanted to go; I did …
‘We’re here to serve, we’re not here to demand’
‘We’re here to serve, we’re not here to demand’ Last month, AVPN hosted their 2023 Global Conference in the bustling city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in partnership with Yayasan Hasanah. Alliance polled our audience to …
Impact vs Return: The balancing act
In late June 2023, I attended the AVPN conference 2023 in Kuala Lumpur, a gathering of over 1,200 people from the social impact sector. It was an event I had not imagined I would have the …
An incredibly humble and honest panel on leadership
Day two of AVPN and the Hasanah Forum presented a panel titled People & Leadership: Nurturing Courageous Leaders. Facilitated by Louise Pulford from the Social Innovation Exchange, the incredible leaders in the panel presented some …
Global updates
This is our round-up of philanthropy news around the world featured in the June 2023 issue of Alliance: Arab region Region rallies behind earthquake response UAE Ramadan giving raises $19m for meals Alliance regional representative …
Reflections in the Grand Canal
Bringing corporate social investors, corporate leaders and other corporate impact stakeholders together can help a company accelerate their transformation into a purposeful organisation. This was the idea behind Business of Impact in Venice: an opportunity …
