This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Hadiza Alooma and her friends are helping Nigerian victims of human trafficking. Alooma finds ways to fund individual projects to help them start their own small businesses. • The victims…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The United Nations Foundation details some lessons from three years of tracking the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including the need to embed civic participation early and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Southern California Grantmakers explores the issues behind technology displacing many workers in the job market, and how funders can help people adapt. • The big takeaway…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this post from Doctors Without Borders, one doctor gives us a detailed account on the process of recruiting, which comes with plenty of challenges. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A federal judge has ruled that, while literacy is important, it is not a fundamental right. The lawsuit under consideration was brought on behalf of Detroit school…
Giving Compass’ Take: • The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for Agriculture and Food (TEEBAgriFood) report from the UN provides a global perspective on the food system including the impact…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Brian King and Andy Jarvis explain why big data is needed to transform the agriculture industry and how the new CGIAR Platform helps to bring the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Richard Gunderman explains why overloaded medical social workers leaving the profession poses a problem for hospitals and patients who benefit from their work. • Why are medical…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Cadbury Nigeria’s parent company, Mondelez International, is rolling out a nutritional campaign that is aimed at elementary school children to adopt better eating habits and healthier lifestyles. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Educational Equality Index measures how effectively schools are teaching low-income students. The report found that Texas city schools were the top performers. • How can this help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A report by the Building Movement Project nonprofit research group found evidence of bias against employees in the nonprofit sector who are LBGTQ. • Can nonprofit organizations create…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Food initiatives such as food trucks with student lunches are starting in the summer now that school is out and around 30 million students rely on free lunches…