This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Chrystina Russell and Nina Weaver of Southern New Hampshire University share their story of how the MacArthur Foundation’s 100&Change competition helped kick-start their Global Education Movement (GEM) which increases…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Devex examines various reasons why education can help immensely on a global scale to change human behavior and advance progress in global development. • How can philanthropists and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The United Nations’ Global Youth Poll will give kids around the world a chance to describe their experiences and help governments prioritize policy issues. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The West African Ebola outbreak highlighted shortcomings in the world’s outbreak response system. The Rockefeller Foundation is investing in private sector response solutions to quickly address future outbreaks. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kwesi Eghan argues that in order to achieve universal healthcare a strong pharmaceutical system is vital to connect individuals with the medicines that they need. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Americans in the UN is a blog interview series hosted by the United Nations Foundation. This post focuses on the work that Sandra Mitchell is doing as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The next generation has often been referred to as selfish and entitled, yet they’re the very people who are redefining philanthropy and social impact. “The Millennial generation’s desire to do…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Brookings’ Million Learning Real-time Scaling Labs project examines how education initiatives around the world are progressing and applies “improvement science,” a form of adaptive learning, to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Around the world, immunizations are reported to save from 2 to 3 millions lives a year. Development Policy Centre of Australia discusses the importance of vaccines…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Rainforest Alliance and UTZ Certification are partnering in order to provide better fair trade services to farmers and bring in new app technology that could optimize their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The organization Global Communities discusses the challenges in creating a fair and ethical supply chain: It goes beyond simply monitoring and requires buy-in across many partners.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Writing for Devex, Thousand Currents communications director Jennifer Lentfer discusses the complications of aid organizations aligning with social movements: Where are the conflicts of interest? •…