OUR FOCUS AREAS
We provide support to non-profit organisations across four key areas :
OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES
A thriving life is built on good health, a quality education, nutritious food, clean water and adequate sanitation, Over the past 10 years our partners have made remarkable progress to improve access to these fundamental rights that ensure lives of dignity.
LATEST NEWS
LESSONS LEARNED OVER A DECADE OF GRANT-MAKING
Philanthropy is all about collective action towards shared goals. This is why we want to share what we have learned during the last ten years, successes and bumps included.
15 Jul 2022
THOUSANDS IN SOMALIA FACE ACUTE MALNUTRITION AS RAINS FAIL
The worst drought in decades is ravaging the Horn of Africa, destroying crops and driving the cost of local food out of reach of many. Medair is scaling up its response, delivering critical health, water and nutrition aid.
30 Jun 2022
AFRICAN WOMEN AS A KEY TO FOOD SECURITY
A series of articles examine the question, spotlighting One Acre Fund’s work in Rwanda.
24 Jun 2022
FOUR COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT MIGRATION, FACT-CHECKED
This International Refugee Week, SOS Méditerranée is helping us debunk some of the most common misconceptions about migration and search and rescue operations.
10 Aug 2022
EMPOWERING WOMEN THROUGH EDUCATION
Here's a brief overview of how we, with our partners, are making a difference for girls and women across the globe, from pre-school to university.
20 YEARS OF A TRANSFORMATIVE APPROACH TO END EXTREME POVERTY
What has BRAC learned in the 20 years since pioneering the Graduation "out of poverty" approach?
How men’s engagement advances gender equality
Could involving men in women’s empowerment programmes increase their impact?
Ukraine emergency
How Medair and Médecins Sans Frontières are providing desperately needed humanitarian assistance to refugees and internally displaced people.
10 YEARS OF BUILDING STRONGER SOCIETIES
From promise to progress, Cartier Philanthropy is celebrating a decade of effective philanthropy focused on building stronger societies through collective impact.
Helping Afghans at home and away
With the Taliban takeover, the situation for the Afghan population continues to deteriorate. As winter approaches, rural communities will soon be isolated.
COVID-19: NOT YET OUT OF THE WOODS
Our last donations in support of hardest hit communities
FOCUSING ON NEEDS, NOT FEAR
Room to Read began 2020 with the promise of the celebration of its 20th anniversary year. Then the pandemic struck.
LIGHT IN DARK TIMES
COVID-19 was a stress test at all levels. It hit us as individuals, societies and organisations
OUR COVID-19 EMERGENCY SUPPORT FOR INDIA
To respond to the devastating wave of COVID-19 outbreak that is ravaging India, we are stepping up our support to the emergency response of two long-standing partners.
KEEPING GIRLS IN THE PICTURE
We recently partnered with Le Monde Afrique to publish a series of news features, “Allez les filles!” that put girls’ education centre stage.
COMBATING COVID-19 WORLDWIDE
More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the sprint to respond to the global health crisis has turned into a marathon.
THE PALACE OF STRONG WOMEN
THE EMPOWERING JOURNEY OF EDUCATION
If we want to dismantle the architecture of inequality and discrimination, we need to address its multiple layers, supporting women and girls in their fight to gain the places that are theirs by rights.
FROM CLIMATE SCIENCE TO FIELD ACTION
Root Capital is pioneering how to bridge the gap between climate science and farm-level action, bringing climate-smart strategies into the daily practice of growing food crops successfully.
WHY WE NEED DATA SCIENCE
Our new series #Driven by Data will explore how data analytics is helping fix some of the world’s most pressing issues, improving the way development actors identify problems and design tailor-made interventions to address them.
HELPING GIRLS STAY IN EDUCATION
School-based healthcare is helping girls stay in education and authorities in Zambia fight COVID-19.
THE PREDICTIVE POWER OF MACHINE LEARNING
Machine learning uses data, usually in large quantities, and statistical algorithms to predict something that isn’t known.
PUTTING REFUGEES ON THE MAP
Medair was the first organisation to deploy Geographic Information System technology to map refugee settlement locations in Lebanon, enabling timely coordination of on-the-ground assistance across various aid agencies.
NAVIGATING ACCESS
Data science can significantly increase the impact of development programmes simply by optimising them.
JOINING FORCES TO END EXTREME POVERTY
The key to ending extreme poverty could be in our reach.