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Building for a Better World: Khayelitsha's New Activist Centre
The new Isivivana Centre, a project of the Khayelitsha Youth and Community Centre Trust in South Africa, has its official opening Thursday, October 13. For more on the center, read the post below and see this video. Isivivana built to house organisations campaigning for social…
Author: GroundUp
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The Atlantic Philanthropies-University of Queensland Vietnamese Scholarship Programme Experience: Stepping Stone and Personal Transformation
By Trevor Grigg The scholarship programme and its objectives Over the period 2000 to 2006, The Atlantic Philanthropies (AP) funded The University of Queensland’s Vietnam Coursework Masters and Doctoral Development Scholarship Programs, with grants totalling AUD 17 million. The primary objective of the programmes was:…
Author: The Association of Commonwealth Universities Blog
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Could Foundations Have Mounted a Better Defense of the ACA?
By Michael Booth It came sometime after the “You lie!” outburst and the false claims of “death panels,” but before two potentially fatal US Supreme Court decisions and sixty-seven consecutive votes to repeal in the US House of Representatives. In hindsight, President Obama’s signing of…
Author: Health Affairs Blog
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Is Government Keeping Its Promises to Children?
The most vulnerable children in our society have been left behind, and the incoming government must make children’s rights an urgent priority. That’s according to the Children’s Rights Alliance, which launched its Report Card 2016 today. The Report Card is the eighth in the series,…
Author: Children's Rights Alliance
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Getting Every Kid Covered – Learning from Cities’ Enrollment Successes
By Ben Kerman, Head of Strategic Learning and Evaluation Each year in the first full week of April, we celebrate National Public Health Week, a week dedicated to improving the health of the country and protecting the well-being of our children and future generations. As…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Bernal Project Brings Real-World Science to University of Limerick
The €52m project has already brought leading international scientists on board Bernal building at the University of Limerick. Photo: The Irish Times By Barry McCall Launched in late 2013 the Bernal Project is an initiative of the University of Limerick which aims to make a…
Author: The Irish Times
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Here’s Why Funders Should Support Advocacy
Photo: Treatment Action Campaign Advocacy is a central mechanism for driving social change. As Mark Heywood, Executive Director of Section 27 says: “Advocacy is not a handful of individuals shouting from the rooftops. It is about effective community education, community mobilisation and community empowerment around…
Author: Gillian Mitchell, Gabrielle Ritchie and Melanie Judge
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Risk with Vision: Placing Informed 'Big Bets'
By Gillian Mitchell, Gabrielle Ritchie and Melanie Judge Philanthropy and risk are not natural bedfellows. For most of us philanthropy invokes an impression of measured resolution, gravity and thoughtfulness. Philanthropy makes considered interventions into areas of society that are not delivering on rights or opportunity…
Author: Resourcing Philanthropy
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From Social Movement to Social Change: Philanthropy and School Discipline Reform
By David Callahan What role does philanthropy play in social movements? It’s an interesting question, and there’s a long history of funder involvement in different movements—from civil rights in the 1960s to LGBT rights in the past decade. Just last week, I wrote about the role of…
Author: Inside Philanthropy
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Atlantic's Focus on Dementia Goes Global
For more than two decades Atlantic has invested in programs to strengthen the quality of our lives, with a major emphasis on addressing needs arising from a worldwide population living longer than ever. Part of that work has included support for initiatives to leverage the…
Author: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies