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          Who We Are

          We are a leading ecosystem builder that is increasing the flow of financial, human, and intellectual capital from Asia and around the world into the social sector in Asia. We provide a network of peers, rigorous learning programmes, and innovative capital mobilization opportunities that make sure resources are more effectively deployed.

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        • Resources

          Highlights of the week

          Accelerating Impact with Catalytic Capital

          Asia sees a growing number of untapped opportunities to support underserved populations, early-stage innovations, and underfunded sectors.

          Trust-Based Philanthropy

          In the face of increasingly complex and, sometimes rapidly, changing needs on the ground, it is crucial to take a step back and reconsider the status quo.

          APAC Sustainability Seed Fund 2.0

          By leveraging the success of the first round of the APAC Sustainability Seed Fund, AVPN continues to mobilise continuum of capital into supporting climate solutions in the region.

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          Afghanistan Relief

          Asian Youth for Impact

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          COVID-19 Relief

          Early Childhood Care and Education

          Expert Collective

          Gender Platform

          India Policy Leadership Lab

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          Private Wealth Hub

          Ukraine Relief Effort

          Women Entrepreneurship in India

        • Capital Mobilisation

          Featured Deals

          Atoot: Sports for Development (S4D) Programmes for Holistic Development of Girls in Nepal

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          ReCircle: A Clean-tech Innovator on a mission to Create a Circular Economy

          Water and Sanitation and Hygiene

          Banka Bio: Sustainable solutions for WaSH needs in India

          Water and Sanitation and Hygiene

          Fair Employment Foundation: Transforming Recruitment System for Migrant Workers in Asia Pacific

          Employability, Financial Inclusion, Gender, Livelihood and Poverty Alleviation

          Cool Australia: Supporting Educators Globally through Cool+

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          HOT-Open Mapping Hub (Asia- Pacific): Transforming Disaster Response, Humanitarian Action and Community Development through Open Source Technologies and Maps

          Climate Action and Environment, Gender, Livelihood and Poverty Alleviation

        • Events

          Upcoming Signature Events

          AVPN Global Conference 2024

          As AVPN counts down to the 12th edition of the Annual Global Conference, which will take place against the backdrop of a world in great flux, it is imperative that we provide the social investment community with the most extensive opportunity yet, to learn, connect, and unite in action for Asia.

          23 April 2024

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          25 April 2024

          Signature Event

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          Upcoming Events

          Nominations for the 2024 Yidan Prize

          31 March 2024

          AVPN Monthly Member Meet-ups in Bangkok

          29 February 2024

          Regular Event

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Agastya: Increasing access to practical learning in schools

Agastya International Foundation is a Non-Profit in India, that sparks curiosity in economically disadvantaged government school children towards a practical hands-on Science education, and provides training to school teachers in hands on pedagogy.

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Give2Asia

Give2Asia is a U.S.-based organization that connects corporations, foundations, and individuals with charitable projects and social enterprises across Asia.
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Market of Implementation

  • India

Problem

Most government schools in India today lack the infrastructure, tools or resources to create an interactive and sustainable approach to learning. While India’s ‘demographic dividend’ is seen as its comparative advantage across the world, it has not succeeded much in reforming its heavily regulated education system to equip its youngsters. 



Didactic and uninspiring education methods of the government schools fail to provide disadvantaged children the tools to overcome constraints. Instead they have produced apathy, leading to low school attendance, higher dropout rates and poorly skilled graduates.

Solution

To elevate the learning environment in schools, we at Agastya use unique innovative methods such as the I-Mobile Lab, that fills the gap between self-learning of science concepts and digital education for children, building a spirit of enquiry, computational and logical thinking. This enables experiential and hands-on child-centric learning, teacher education and scalable methods through highly innovative and effective outreach channels. We aim to bring about a shift in five vital behaviours:

    
 	
  1.  ‘Yes to Why’
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  2. ‘Looking to Observing,’
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  3. ‘Passiveness to Exploring,’
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  4. ‘Text-book to Hands-on,’
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  5. ‘Fear to Confidence’
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