From Ambition to Actualisation: What Would It Take for Mgnregs to Transform India’s Rural Landscape?
4 min read Census India Ensuring social protection for low-income households is crucial in India, with 65% of its population residing in rural areas, where economic opportunities may be thin. This is where the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) steps in—the world’s largest employment guarantee scheme that assures employment to every rural […]
From Butchery Chicken Waste to Fabrics: Upcycling Opportunities
Mudita & Radhesh Private Limited Mudita & Radhesh Private Limited is an innovative social enterprise established in 2017 that aims to transform the lives of tribal women in India through sustainable development. Mudita & Radhesh Private Limited has developed a new natural wool-like fibre by up-cycling feathers of chicken butchery waste. These feathers, spun into […]
Funding Field Catalysts from Origins to Revolutionising the World
3 min read Co-author: Emma Nothmann, Kevin Crouch, and Cora Daniels Even with modest beginnings, systems-change organisations seek world-changing outcomes. But solving complex social problems offers unique challenges. We surveyed these social-change makers to learn what they can use most from funders. In mission-driven circles, systems-change work — which is focused on the root causes […]
Giving Trust: The Result of Unrestricted Giving on Asian Nonprofits
Co-author: Elyas Tampubolon, Katrina Agulan, Amanda Kee 10 min read Philanthropy must address power imbalance instead of enabling it. This is the spirit that has undergirded MacKenzie Scott’s giving, which saw nearly US$ 13 billion in unrestricted funding deployed globally. The results from Mackenzie Scott Foundation’s one-year report have demonstrated that trust is the bridge […]
Helping Restore the Lives of the Homeless, The Big Issue Dreams of Expanding with Online Services
11 min read Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN) and Merry Year Social Company ( MYSC) launched the USD 1 Million Digital Transformation Fund in 2021, with the support of Google.org, Google’s philanthropic arm. The Fund aims to support non-profit organisations in South Korea to support underserved communities, including small and medium business owners and job […]
How Faith-Aligned Capital is Tackling Poverty in Asia
Faith-aligned givers have long been at the forefront of efforts to combat poverty in Asia. The first of the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), poverty alleviation is a critical social concern prioritised by the global community.
How Impact Investors in Asia Compare to the Broader Impact Investing Market
Impact investing continues to grow in popularity in the Asia-Pacific region, with a string of recent fund launches, strategic partnerships, and new hires. This growth, however, has been accompanied by questions about how the practices of impact investors in Asia compare to impact investors in more established impact markets, particularly in the U.S. and Western […]
Hydroponics as A Solution to Variable Weathers: Developing Sustainable Fodder Supplies
Hydrogreens Agri Solutions There is an estimated 40% shortage of green fodder (260 Million tons) that is affecting 70 million farmers involved in livestock farming in India – 70% of the farmers are women. Moreover, the production loss in dairy animals amongst high milch animal density regions of India is computing an estimated loss of […]
Ideas to Increase the Odds of Fundraising Success
6 min read Fundraising for any organization is a difficult task but for the non-government organizations (NGOs) it is the core of its survival and growth. Funding sources decide the scale & sustainability of NGO’s community development projects, systems they can build, talent they can afford to hire and most importantly the health of the […]
