Powering change: why and how Gen Z is mobilising to reform education

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Circle: a platform for better giving

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Shooting for the moon: James Chen on catalytic giving and taking risks

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Pakistani children continue to bear the brunt of deadly floods

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The Impact Room

Investing for impact: the power of social enterprise

Jacqueline Novogratz, founder and CEO of Acumen, and Myrna Atalla, executive director of venture philanthropy organisation, Alfanar, discuss what corporations, philanthropists, and impact investors can do to support social enterprises.

Spotlight

US$3m for initiatives helping communities adapt to climate change

The 2023 Zayed Sustainability Prize winners were chosen for their innovative solutions to health, food, energy, and water challenges.

Insights

Powering change

Young people want more and better learning opportunities. Theirworld president Justin van Fleet explains how philanthropy can help them achieve it.

Update

The future is bright

Bill Gates shares his optimism at UAE event on catalytic philanthropy and next generation social impact.

Update

Green promise: philanthropy commits to fight climate change.

Foundations in the Middle East are beginning to introduce more climate-sensitive programming.

Interviews

Shooting for the moon

Hong Kong philanthropist James Chen on catalytic giving and taking risks.

Spotlight

Pakistani children continue to bear the brunt of deadly floods

As the water begins to recede, disease is rife, malnutrition pervasive, and millions of children remain out of school.

Spotlight

Refugees across the region brace for winter amid rising fuel and food prices

The UN’s refugee agency launches $250m appeal to support the most vulnerable families during the coldest three months of the year.

Update

Indian philanthropists launch network to catalyse giving

GivingPi aims to have 5,000 families directing $1bn to social causes in India every year by 2030.

Insights

Education cannot wait

Armed conflict, climate-induced disaster, and forced displacement have disrupted the education of 222 million children globally. Yasmine Sherif outlines how philanthropy can help.

Update

New global Islamic philanthropy fund for refugees seeks to raise $500m

The sharia-compliant funding tool will support education, health and livelihoods programmes for people displaced in and from Islamic Development Bank member states.

The Impact Room

Ahlan Simsim: the TV project giving Arab kids a better start in life

A new Arabic language version of Sesame Street has been created especially for young people affected by war and displacement in the Middle East. Hear from the team behind the project.

Insights

Shining a spotlight on female health workers

Women are leading the global fight against disease. It’s time we gave them more recognition and funding, writes Diana Yousef, from the Global Institute for Disease Elimination.

Interviews Issue 16

The science of progress

Interviews

‘Sometimes a photograph can change someone’s life.’

Interviews

Creating a legacy

Alserkal Avenue, Dubai’s contemporary art hub, is putting down roots through its foundation and charity work.

In-depth

In-depth Issue 16

Paying for success

Impact bonds raise private money to help good causes. Can they help reshape development financing in the Middle East?

In-depth

Building back: how Beirut mobilised after the blast

The Beirut port explosion devastated the city. It also revealed new ways of funding and mobilising emergency response.

In-depth

Lost at sea

The Mediterranean is the world’s most lethal border crossing. As the debate over safe, legal routes rages, NGOs battle to save those at sea.

Spotlight Issue 16

From garment workers to graduates

Inside the university giving Asia’s bright but poverty-stricken young women a chance at a degree, and a future.

Podcasts

The Impact Room

Shifting the power: why development dynamics need to change

Asif Saleh, executive director of the world’s largest NGO, discusses community-led solution systems, microfinance, and climate accountability.

The Impact Room

Ahlan Simsim: the TV project giving Arab kids a better start in life

A new Arabic language version of Sesame Street has been created especially for young people affected by war and displacement in the Middle East. Hear from the team behind the project.

The Impact Room

Tipping point: why we need new solutions for refugees

Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, joins Maysa Jalbout in The Impact Room to discuss new pathways to respond to the global displacement crisis.

The Impact Room

The superyacht millionaires who launched a migrant rescue mission

Malta-based Christopher and Regina Catrambrone were so moved by the plight of migrants crossing the Mediterranean, they set up their own aid organisation.

The Impact Room

Coding in conflict: inside the tech hub empowering Gazan youth

Hear from Ryan Sturgill, the former director of Gaza Sky Geeks, on the realities of running a tech hub in an occupied territory and the power of learning not to take 'no' for an answer.

The Impact Room

Unpacking the myth of the ‘good refugee’

In the politics of migration, refugees are either demonised as intruders or celebrated for their success. But how does this distinction of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ refugees shape policies and perceptions? And what is the effect on those who are defined by it?

The Impact Room

Investing for impact: the power of social enterprise

US$3m for initiatives helping communities adapt to climate change

Powering change

The future is bright

Green promise: philanthropy commits to fight climate change.

Shooting for the moon

Pakistani children continue to bear the brunt of deadly floods

Refugees across the region brace for winter amid rising fuel and food prices

Indian philanthropists launch network to catalyse giving

Education cannot wait

New global Islamic philanthropy fund for refugees seeks to raise $500m

Ahlan Simsim: the TV project giving Arab kids a better start in life

Shining a spotlight on female health workers

The science of progress

‘Sometimes a photograph can change someone’s life.’

Creating a legacy

In-depth

Paying for success

Building back: how Beirut mobilised after the blast

Lost at sea

From garment workers to graduates

Podcasts

Shifting the power: why development dynamics need to change

Ahlan Simsim: the TV project giving Arab kids a better start in life

Tipping point: why we need new solutions for refugees

The superyacht millionaires who launched a migrant rescue mission

Coding in conflict: inside the tech hub empowering Gazan youth

Unpacking the myth of the ‘good refugee’

The Indian NGO rewriting the global education playbook

Knowledge and power: who has it, and who owns it

Breaking the chains of modern slavery

Rooting for change: solving the unemployment crisis

Prize philanthropy: who are the real winners?

Philanthropy and the last mile of disease elimination

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