simoncollings's blog

If you can’t take donors to see your programme 'in the field', then perhaps creating a virtual experience is a substitute.
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One of the ways NGOs in developing countries mobilise resources for their work is through attracting paying volunteers to spend time with them.
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I have just returned from Hyderabad in India where Resource Alliance is partnering with ICFAI Business School (www.ibsindia.org)to establish a foundation course in fundraising for NGOs in the South of
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Many people from the Gulf travel to India to get their teeth seen to - the way Brits go to Poland. Treatment can take several weeks involving a number of visits to the dentist.
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Last month the Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium held a conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, on the subject of diaspora philanthropy. The specific focus is on giving by Asians to Asia.
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The latest issue of Alliance Magazine has an interesting piece by Olga Alexeeva of Charities Aid Foundation on civil society and philanthropy in China:
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The past few years have seen the Chinese government slowly relaxing its controls on social enterprise and voluntary action.
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Anup Tiwari of UNICEF has been pioneering a donor acquisition technique in India which combines telemarketing and face to face.
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Reconnect (www.reconnect.org.ph) is a giving portal launched last year in the Philippines. The aim of the site is to link NGOs in that country with the huge Filipino diaspora around the world.
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According to Andrain Lee of Asia Pay 80% of consumers of luxury brands expect the companies behind those brands to have high standards of social responsibility.
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