3 Ways to Build a Nutritionally Self-Reliant India
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India is still home to one-third of the stunted children in the world, and has the highest number of wasted children globally. Stunting impairs cognitive potential and productivity, and wasting, which implies extremely low weight-for-height, is a serious condition that threatens the child’s ability to survive and thrive.
Creating A Sweet and Sustainable Future For The Philippines’ Cocoa Industry
3 mins read All over the world, chocolate is associated with happiness, joy, and celebration. Paradoxically, its production comes with a whole lot of hazardous side effects for farmers and the planet. As the demand for cocoa grows every year, the need for sustainability in the cacao industry remains a remarkably significant concern. In the […]
From Farm to Classroom: How Nutri-Pathshala is Fighting Malnutrition and Building Resilience to Climate Change
A warming planet is not just an environmental crisis—it’s a nutritional one. Climate change is threatening crop yields and food security through rising temperatures, changing rainfall, and extreme weather. But what’s even more alarming is the nutrient of our food is declining.
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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 […]
Mobilising Partnerships and Philanthropy to Build Resilient Communities in Asia Pacific: Roundtable Insights Report
Mobilising Partnerships and Philanthropy to Build Resilient Communities in Asia Pacific: Roundtable Insights Report captures key learnings from a convening co-hosted by AVPN and WWF
Nourishing Nations: How Nutrition Drives Human Capital and Economic Growth
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” is a question often posed to children from an early age, encouraging them to dream big. For Joya, a bright and ambitious student from Bangladesh, her answer is rooted in a passion to create change: she dreams of becoming a lawyer. Yet, her aspirations are […]
Progress Towards the SDGs is Going Backwards, but Digital Transformation can Help us Accelerate Impact
5 minutes read The Asia-Pacific region is decades behind the goal posts of the SDGs. Investing in digital transformation can accelerate impact. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, we witnessed a major shift in the adoption of digital technologies. The global community embraced technology, and digital transformation was critically essential for organisations to survive. […]
SDG Progress Continues to Stall in Asia-Pacific following COVID-19
5 min read The newly published Sustainable Development Report (SDR) 2022 provides a detailed analysis of how the Asia-Pacific, and the world more generally, is progressing towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). All United Nations member states adopted these transformational goals for economic, social, and environmental sustainability to be met by 2030. The SDR 2022 […]
Small Actions for Big Change: How the Smallest Inventions Can Scale Globally
Funding proof-of-concept for innovative technologies addressing climate change is a challenging task. Here’s how AVPN’s APAC Sustainability Seed Fund 1.0, supported by Google.org and ADB, helped support two nonprofit organisations, demonstrating that investing in even the smallest tech
