Blog by Lourdes Inga IFIP 2018 conference Lourdes Inga, Teresa Zapeta, Margarita Noh Poot According to the United Nations there are an estimated 370 million indigenous people in the world, living across 90 countries. Indigenous communities are present in all geographic regions and represent 5,000 different cultures. There is a growing understanding by the global […]
WINGS Interview with Dinara Musabekova What does philanthropy and charitable giving look like in Central Asia? Who participates in it? (Gender, class, geographic make-up, language, ethnic differences?) Despite historic, cultural, and religious traditions of charity in the CA region, a contemporary culture of charity is lacking in modern Central Asian states. This situation can be […]
By Benjamin Bellegy The positive echoes from this year’s United Philanthropy Forum conference have spread beyond borders as an exceptional peer-learning opportunity for organizations serving philanthropy in the US. The conference was also a source of global inspiration and call for infrastructure organizations to play a more proactive public role. It is time for philanthropy […]
By Ollie Base Around 5.5 million children die each year of easily preventable diseases such as malaria, diarrhea, or pneumonia. Runaway climate change is set to wreak environmental havoc and cost the economy trillions of dollars. More than 3,000 nuclear warheads are in high-alert, ready-to-launch status around the globe. Philanthropy is not the only way […]
This type of bold philanthropy has been gathering momentum in India, and emerging philanthropists can use these models to inform their own giving. By Pritha Venkatachalam Domestic philanthropy in India is expanding rapidly, driven by the growth in individual and corporate giving. Between 2011 and 2016, social sector funding in India grew at an annual […]
The new citizen leadership was the topic that inspired the discussions around civil society in Lima during the XIV Encuentro Iberoamericano de la Sociedad Civil. 70 speakers from 10 different countries got together to reflect about democracy, development, social innovation and collaboration. Every country in the Ibero-American region is facing particular challenges. However, civil society […]
