Karla Simon (ICCSL) reports for Alliance magazine: “While Chinese public security officials are wary of foreign charities, the academics point out that foreign charities such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Clinton Foundation give great assistance in certain funding areas in China, such as health care.”
“Philanthropy is on the rise in Latin America. And, increasingly, corporate foundations, wealthy families, and high net worth individuals are getting involved in social impact investing. In a region where the government is still the default for social programs and overall philanthropy remains low, especially compared with the U.S., this is a welcome development.” Article by Gabriel Sanchez Zinny.
The foundations will work with leading technology partners, including Google, to collect and compile data into a review that will identify the progress that has been made in the 20 years since the UN Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing and the gaps that remain.
Leading side by side is less about forging a hierarchy than about learning, sharing and drawing on unique strengths from within the group to achieve common goals.
Nelson Mandela stood for equality and justice and honor, and by example showed us the power of humility and forgiveness. We should honor him, now and always, by continuing his life’s work through increased empathy, collaboration and peacebuilding throughout the world.
WINGS network participant Give2Asia has opened the Typhoon Yolanda Recovery Fund and is working in the field to help with relief, encouraging partners to utilize the Google Crisis Alert Map to help coordinate their efforts.
Bill and Melinda Gates recently met with some of Australia’s wealthiest next gens as part of a programme to promote philanthropy among the nation’s younger high net worth individuals. The meeting was orchestrated by WINGS member Philanthropy Australia, which represents wealthy philanthropic families and their foundations, as well as corporate trusts.
What makes for the success of a side event to the UN General Assembly, at a time when world leaders are discussing the contours of a new development framework and are expected to sign an “outcome document” on post-2015? What do we, as representatives of the philanthropic sector, want out of this important event: high level attendance? Stimulating discussions? A sense that key challenges are being unfolded and dissected to help us walk the talk? Surely, all of the above would be good. Yet, this time, my metrics for success will be linked to our ability to redefine the way we look at the Milky Way of development. Article by Bathylle Missika
SGS 2013 is the fourth in the series of annual gatherings whose purpose is to bring the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to the public on a global scale. On 24 September Mashable will host Meetups all over the world to discuss what #2030NOW means to specific communities and how their visions relate within a global context. WINGS members are encouraged to join this exciting global conversation.
From Forbes, Bill Gates And Bono: ‘Partners In Crime’ Discuss Their Collaboration For Good: Bono on trying to first meet Gates: “It’s an interesting story in not judging your friends. I said to Paul Allen, would you help me get to Bill Gates?…Paul’s a kind of shy guy, but he usually answers my emails. And…
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in partnership with Liquidnet for Good, is looking for groundbreaking ideas to address this significant, but solvable, problem. Each challenge winner will receive a grant of $100,000.
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