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Chuck Feeney’s Contributions to Universities in Ireland
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
The Atlantic Philanthropies’ Founding Chairman Chuck Feeney is well known in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland for his tireless efforts to support education and international quality university research in Irish society. This video provides highlights of this work. NUI Galway The Atlantic…
Resource type: Video
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Transforming Palliative Care in Ireland
In February 2012, the staff and patients at St Patrick’s Hospital Marymount Hospice in Cork moved from an old Victorian red brick building where the hospice had operated for 141 years to a new, best-in-class hospital that is the most advanced palliative care facility in…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Strengthening Schools of Health To Improve National Health
The University of the Western Cape was established in 1959, during the days of apartheid, as a university for students classified as belonging to the “coloured” population of South Africa. During the past 30-plus years, the university has had a varied political, financial and academic…
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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Public Interest Litigation in South Africa Offers Lessons for Advocates
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
Public interest litigation in South Africa faces several challenges but advocates can undertake four key strategies to enhance its success, according to this report by The Atlantic Philanthropies. Atlantic this week publishes its report on strategic evaluation of public interest litigation in South Africa. This…
Resource type: Evaluation
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Repairing the Broken Infrastructure of Justice in America
Source: Gara LaMarche
Steps to repair the US justice system are outlined in this speech by Gara LaMarche, The Atlantic Philanthropies’ President and CEO, at the Alliance for Justice 30th Anniversary Luncheon, Washington, D.C. View video of this speech at the Alliance for Justice web site. Thank you,…
Resource type: Speech
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The Atlantic Philanthropies’ Embrace of a Social Justice Approach to Grantmaking
Source: Gara LaMarche
The story behind The Atlantic Philanthropies’ embrace of social justice is recounted in this speech by Gara LaMarche, The Atlantic Philanthropies’ President and CEO, at the Ford Foundation Convening on Philanthropy for Social Justice and Peace in February 2009 in Cairo, Egypt. It is bracing…
Resource type: Speech
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Why on Earth Would a Foundation Try to Get Rid of All of Its Money?
Source: Gara LaMarche
The reasons behind The Atlantic Philanthropies’ decision to spend all of its endowment are outlined in this 2009 speech by Gara LaMarche, Atlantic’s President and CEO, at the Annual Meeting of Delaware Valley Grantmakers in Philadelphia. My talk this afternoon poses the question, which I…
Resource type: Speech
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Evaluation of The Atlantic Philanthropies Migration Programme
Source: RAND Europe
Over the course of the 1990s and continuing through 2007, Ireland experienced a substantial increase in migration. The large influx of people from other countries seeking a better life placed pressures on the existing legislative framework that regulated the rights of migrants. It also put…
Resource type: Evaluation
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The Constitution and the Courts: Transforming Lives
Source: Resourcing Philanthropy
In South Africa the Constitution and the Courts are critical avenues for ensuring the delivery of basic human rights across all communities. In this video, civil society activists, donors and a Constitutional Court justice reflect on how the legal system has been used to enforce socio-economic…
Resource type: Video