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Building the ecosystem

AVPN is building the ecosystem for social investors with an active presence in Malaysia - from foundations and impact funds to corporations, intermediaries and beyond.
 
Malaysia’s drive for innovation continues to underpin its emerging social investment market. The government is making a concerted effort to grow and support the impact ecosystem.

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Enriching Myanmar’s Human Capital

By Prospect Burma

Prospect Burma is working to provide International Master’s degrees to eight young people who will drive change in key areas fundamental for the development of an enabling environment for social investment in Myanmar.

Education, Employability, Livelihood and Poverty Alleviation

Personal Mastery – Growth Mindset

By inspiraComm Sdn Bhd

Innovative learning approach and engaging activities to develop growth mindset in children and youths to lead better and meaningful lives.

Education, Employability, Livelihood and Poverty Alleviation

ALIA: Cost Competitive and Sustainable Industry Solutions for the Environment

By Asian Lubricants Industry Association (ALIA)

ALIA will take the lead with industry-wide solutions to address cost competitiveness and sustainability. Beneficiaries are cleaner environment for society and continued business viability.

Climate Action and Environment, Energy, Governance

Klinik Kenit: Early Childhood Development Clinic for Children in Malaysia

By Klinik Kenit

Klinik Kenit’s clinic provides health, nutrition, and early interventions aiming to be the most comprehensive one-stop hub for early childhood development in Malaysia. The clinic also has a toy library which serves as the social hub for children to have a safe space and range of toys to play with and to support parents.

Education, Health, Nutrition

Women’s Aid Organisation: Foremost Women’s Advocacy in Malaysia

By Women's Aid Organisation (WAO)

Women’s Aid Organisation is Malaysia’s foremost provider of crisis services, advocacy and capacity building for women and girls, with the goal of achieving gender equality and ending gender-based violence on women and girls.

Employability, Financial Inclusion, Gender, Health, Livelihood and Poverty Alleviation

Street Business School: Southeast Asia Immersion Workshop for Entrepreneurship Training

By Street Business School

Street Business School (SBS) plans to certify 8-10 organisations serving people in extreme poverty in South East Asia to provide SBS entrepreneurship training to up to 3,600 women in their communities.

Education, Gender, Livelihood and Poverty Alleviation

Issara Institute: Expanding Workers’ Rights and ending Exploitation in Southeast Asia

By Issara Institute

Issara Institute aims to end labour exploitation, including forced labour and human trafficking, by transforming the systems and behaviours perpetuating labour exploitation, and empowering rights-holders in Southeast Asia.

Livelihood and Poverty Alleviation

Upcycling Label Waste for the Environment in Southeast Asia

By Materials in Works

Materials in Works is tackling Climate Change by upcycling paper waste from the label packaging industry via a proprietary upcycling solution.

Climate Action and Environment

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Blogs

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Health

Preparing for the Next Health Crisis

Climate Action and Environment

Can ESG be the Silver Bullet for the Agriculture sector?

Affordable Housing, Agriculture, Climate Action and Environment, Health, Nutrition

The Power of Collaboration

Health

Investing in Technology to Enhance Impact in a Post-COVID World

Climate Action and Environment, Financial Inclusion

How Policymakers Can Enable the Uptake of Sustainable Finance

Arts and Culture, Employability, Gender, Livelihood and Poverty Alleviation

5 Insights on the Potential of E-Commerce in Growing Women Entrepreneurship

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Press

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Philanthropy moving beyond writing cheques to more direct involvement

New generation of philanthropists more hands-on and don’t just write cheques: President Halimah

Meet the ‘solutionists’: Asia’s new generation of social problem-solvers

Social Investors in Asia embark on a new era to revive global and national economies through collaboration

Social Investors in Asia embark on a new era to revive global and national economies through collaboration

First-of-its-kind impact platform dedicated to address urgent youth issues in Asia

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Building strategic social investment

Malaysia has the potential to be one of the most vibrant social investment markets in Southeast Asia with many emerging innovative social enterprises.

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Yayasan Hasanah
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OSK Foundation
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Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre (MaGIC)
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Nama Foundation
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Jeffrey Cheah Foundation
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LeapEd Services Sdn Bhd
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Tearfund
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University College Fairview

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Cheryl Ong

OSK Foundation

Dr. Saleh Mubarak Bazead

Nama Foundation

Jeffrey Cheah

Jeffrey Cheah Foundation

Dr Vincent Chian

Fairview

Shahira Ahmed Bazari

Yayasan Hasanah

David Lim

MaGIC

Market focus

Building strategic social investment

Malaysia’s social economy is transitioning to the growth stage, driven by collaborative philanthropy and creative approaches to social funding such as pooled CSR funds.

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Dorothy Ching

Singapore & Malaysia Director at AVPN

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