This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Prakriti Singh, writing for India Development Review, lists six lessons in grassroots leadership and development she learned from Sujata Khandekar, who led the Resource Organisations or CORO in India. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ila Reddy shares eight questions that donors and organizations should consider when forming data collection and use strategies. • How is your organization currently collecting and using…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Anu Aga, writing for Philanthropy In Focus, explores the reasons why Indians are not tapping their charitable givers and why the country should pivot toward collaboration. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kathryn Spencer explains how Educate Girls works to effect systems change for women and the environment through partnerships with the government. • How can this model be used…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ashif Shaikh, writing for India Development Review, suggests that for social justice to happen within districts of India, organizations must involve communities and foster agency to make…
Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for Causeartist, Trang Chu Minh shares how “Recycle Man” Dr. Binish Desai has used an innovative approach of recycling to build toilets and address sanitation issues in India. ·…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from IDR, Dr. Abhay Bang discusses the negatives effects of alcohol and tobacco, in terms of both poverty and public health. • What…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from IDR, the author discusses the “social innovation paradox” which suggests that interventions with more concrete effects are more likely to be scrutinized…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Social entrepreneur, Rohit Nayak, discusses his plans to create sustainable alternatives to plastic bags as a way to address India’s plastic crisis. • While this social…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Earlier in the year, the Indian parliament amended the Right to Education Act, known as the No-detention Policy, which guaranteed enrollment through class one to eight,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • India Development Review shares insights from social sector leaders about trends in 2018 and 2019. • Have you seen the same trends these leaders identified? How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This Stanford Social Innovation Review post examines Sriya Iyer’s book The Economics of Religion in India, which explores religious plurality in the country and how it…