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New horizons

Canadian businessman Jim Estill put up $1.5m to bankroll the resettlement of 58 Syrian refugee families. Now, he hopes to galvanise others around the world to do the same.

Spotlight

Winning the war

In some of the world’s poorest and most fragile communities, a global campaign against long-neglected tropical diseases is gaining ground.

Update

GCC-backed development fund signs $32m malaria deal

The first investment by the $2.5bn Lives and Livelihoods Fund will support efforts to eradicate malaria in Senegal.

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Abu Dhabi crown prince backs $1.2bn drive to beat polio

Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed pledges $30m as part of a new international effort to end the disease.

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Eastern promise

China’s nascent philanthropic sector is finding its feet, says self-made billionaire Zhai Meiqing, founder of China's first private foundation.

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Taking wing

Emirati Abdelmonem bin Eisa Alserkal, the founder of Dubai's Alserkal Avenue, talks progress, patronage, and making cultural history.

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Hunger: on the front line

How do you solve a problem like world hunger? With generosity and public will, says Ertharin Cousin, executive director of the WFP.

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Talking about a revolution

Aramex co-founder Fadi Ghandour makes the case for a new model of business.

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The quiet philanthropist

Indonesian tycoon Tahir has traded a history of discreet philanthropy for a policy of public, strategic giving. Now he wants Asia’s wealthiest to do the same.

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Half the world

Worldwide, gender parity remains a fiction. That’s bad news for us all, says the head of UN Women Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.

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

Citizens bear the long-term cost of conflict. Photographer Giles Duley aims to bear witness to their plight through his work – and to encourage change.

In-depth

Women leaders

From access to education, to shrinking poverty, meet the female leaders taking the Middle East’s nonprofit sector to new heights.

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Breaking out

Led by long-time philanthropists Khaled and Olfat Juffali, a small circle of Saudi families is forging a new model for Gulf giving.

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A safe haven

In an exclusive interview, António Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, tells Philanthropy Age why the global humanitarian system has reached its limits.

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Melinda Gates is a mother, a wife, and one half of the world’s most generous private philanthropic organisation. In an exclusive interview, she talks Middle East giving, women and her hopes for the future.

Spotlight

Boarding school

Inside the nonprofit using skateboarding to get Afghan children off the streets and into education.

In-depth

The power of vaccines

Immunisation lies at the heart of a concerted global push to slash deaths from preventable diseases. We examine the power, the potential, and the price of vaccines in the 21st century.

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Ideas to change the world

He is the world’s richest man, and its most influential philanthropist. Bill Gates talks giving, the Gulf, and his plan to help combat poverty in the Muslim world.

In-depth

Green shoots

Meet the nonprofits and private companies digging to the root of poverty among India’s smallholder farmers.

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.

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Poverty pioneers

J-PAL is a global league of economists with a shared ambition: to help transform the lives of the world’s poor through better and more effective policy interventions.

Interviews Issue 16

Lessons in giving

Arab philanthropists give billions to charity, says Sheikh Dr Mohammed bin Musallam bin Ham Al Ameri. With collaboration and shared learning, it could deliver more.

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Class divide

Covid-19 has left millions of refugee children out of school. The world’s response, say the CEOs of Save the Children UK and the Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education, threatens this generation, and those to come.

Update

UAE health prize hopes to speed path to disease elimination

Abu Dhabi-based GLIDE launches award calling for new, catalytic approaches to wiping out diseases of poverty.

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Meet the artist moving millions to help children in need

British painter Sacha Jafri on the sale of his $62m artwork for charity, and his plan to help bring healthcare, education, and internet access to impoverished children worldwide.

Update

UAE fund backs refugee education with new grants

Fund created by Emirati philanthropist Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair confirms third round of grants in support of displaced youth.

Update

The flying hospital treating blindness around the world

Preventable eye disease can be a life sentence in poor countries. One charity aims to change that.

Update

Dimming outlook for youth across the Middle East

Annual survey finds young Arabs are hungry for progress – socially, politically and economically – with widening gap between rich and poorer countries.

Spotlight

The moment / Waging war on forgotten diseases

Abu Dhabi unveils $100m fund to eradicate diseases of poverty in the Middle East and Africa.

In-depth Issue 15

Family fortunes

Find out how changing mindsets, new laws and social pressures are shaping the way GCC family businesses choose to give.

Spotlight Issue 15

Digital donations

The UN's refugee agency is working to bring Islamic philanthropy into the digital age.

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All at sea

Ships’ crews are the unseen heroes of global trade. When problems arise, the charity Mission to Seafarers offers a rare lifeline.

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Circle round

Olivia Leland, founder of global donor collaborative Co-Impact, on how pooled philanthropy can be a catalyst for large-scale change.

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'We are supporting humans, not machines'

Dr Essam Daod turned his volunteering experience into a nonprofit providing psychological support to refugees fleeing crises.

In-depth

Taking off

Saudi Arabia’s nonprofit sector is finding its voice as a partner in social and economic change.

Update

UN refugee agency plans global expansion of zakat fund

UNHCR to further target Islamic donors through the launch of a legacy giving scheme, and will explore an endowment fund.

Update

Saudi foundation fund aims to build north-south science ties

New Community Jameel fund is part of a wider bid to tackle the global equity gap in science, says foundation director.

Update

$1m prize for UK teacher named ‘world’s best’

London-based Andria Zafirakou awarded 2018 Global Teacher Prize in star-studded Dubai ceremony.

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Kenyan science teacher wins global prize

Franciscan brother who gives away 80% of his salary scoops $1m prize for his contribution to teaching.

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UAE billionaires swell ranks of Giving Pledge

Philanthropists including Badr Jafar of Crescent Enterprises, and the founder of VPS Healthcare, Shamsheer Vayalil, pledge to donate half their wealth to charitable causes.

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Winners announced in $8m education prize

Hong Kong-based Yidan Prize awards Stanford professor and nonprofit CEO for innovative work in boosting learning outcomes.

Update

UAE nonprofits face tighter fundraising laws

New rules will step up scrutiny of how charities in the emirates raise, use, and manage donations.

Update

UAE firm backs fight against preventable disease with $10m pledge

Matched donation from Al Ansari Exchange and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation aims to drive progress against polio and neglected tropical diseases.

Interviews

Inside the family foundation fighting poverty in Pakistan

Murtaza Hashwani on how Hashoo Foundation is helping to spur economic growth in some of Pakistan’s poorest regions.

Joanne Bladd

New horizons

Winning the war

GCC-backed development fund signs $32m malaria deal

Abu Dhabi crown prince backs $1.2bn drive to beat polio

Eastern promise

Taking wing

Hunger: on the front line

Talking about a revolution

The quiet philanthropist

Half the world

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

Women leaders

Breaking out

A safe haven

Great expectations

Boarding school

The power of vaccines

Ideas to change the world

Green shoots

Lost at sea

Poverty pioneers

Lessons in giving

Class divide

UAE health prize hopes to speed path to disease elimination

Meet the artist moving millions to help children in need

UAE fund backs refugee education with new grants

The flying hospital treating blindness around the world

Dimming outlook for youth across the Middle East

The moment / Waging war on forgotten diseases

Family fortunes

Digital donations

All at sea

Circle round

'We are supporting humans, not machines'

Taking off

UN refugee agency plans global expansion of zakat fund

Saudi foundation fund aims to build north-south science ties

$1m prize for UK teacher named ‘world’s best’

Kenyan science teacher wins global prize

UAE billionaires swell ranks of Giving Pledge

Winners announced in $8m education prize

UAE nonprofits face tighter fundraising laws

UAE firm backs fight against preventable disease with $10m pledge

Inside the family foundation fighting poverty in Pakistan

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