Results List
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Shaping a Replicable Community-Based Eye Care Development Programme
Le Hai Huyen My, 14, of Da Nang City, is among the youngest of thousands of Vietnamese people who have a much brighter future, due to the collaborative work of two Atlantic grantees, the Fred Hollows Foundation (FHF) and the Da Nang Eye Hospital. In…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Laying the Foundation for Public Health in Viet Nam
As Viet Nam aspires to greater economic development, the health of its citizens is of primary importance to achieve and sustain growth. For a country with limited resources, good health can only be attained when there are sensible population health policies for allocation of resources…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Partners in Injury Prevention
Motorbikes are the transportation of choice in Viet Nam. They jam the streets of Ha Noi, Da Nang and other cities, and their noisy engines pierce the tranquility of the countryside. Families of four, including tiny infants, may squeeze onto one bike, and business people…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Advancing Knowledge and Practice about Foundation Spend-down
While understanding of foundation activity has increased significantly in recent decades, there are still major gaps in knowledge about these important institutions. Unfortunately, the knowledge gaps make it difficult for donors, foundation and nonprofit leaders, policymakers and others concerned about foundations to make informed decisions…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Prevention and Early Intervention for Children
“We never give up on any child, despite the complexity of their needs. We also witness key turning points – for example a child making friends for the first time or a parent supporting their child to stay in school,” says Suzanne Connolly, Director of…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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A Voyage of Discoveries
The shadow of socio-economic class hangs heavy over Bermuda’s school system. From 1994 to 2004, Bermuda saw a steady increase in the percentage of students attending private schools. Only 65% of Bermudian children attend public school, and most of them are black and many are…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Marriage Equality – Civil Marriage for Gay and Lesbian People
Source: O'Carroll Associates and Hibernian Consulting
This case study, based on an evaluation of Marriage Equality’s work funded by Atlantic, describes the strategic learning points of Marriage Equality’s advocacy campaign to achieve the policy outcome of civil marriage for same-sex couples in the Republic of Ireland. Marriage Equality is an Atlantic…
Resource type: Case Study
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Elev8 New Mexico
Elev8 New Mexico, an initiative of the New Mexico Community Foundation, is a part of a national program focused on creating full-service community schools. At Elev8 schools, students and their families benefit from a full range of afterschool activities, a school-based health center, and family…
Resource type: Video
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St. James’s Hospital Centre of Excellence for Successful Ageing, Dublin, Ireland
The Centre of Excellence for Successful Ageing at St. James ‘s Hospital in Dublin is an example of a capital investment that went beyond mere construction. Atlantic offered the hospital a matching grant of €2.7 million over five years in 2004 enabling the hospital to obtain a long-sought…
Resource type: Video
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Gara LaMarche’s Speech at MIT’s Starr Forum – Reclaiming the Moral Life of Philanthropy
27 September 2010 Has philanthropy lost “moral clarity,” growing more concerned with the fix, the intervention, than about reasons for doing or caring about what is right? In a speech given on 27 September 2010 at the Starr Forum at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for…
Resource type: Video