Strategic Communications and Advocacy Manager for Delivering Innovation in Self-Care (DISC) Based in Nairobi, Kenya Reports to the External Communications Senior Manager, Advocacy, with a dotted line to Project Director Delivering Innovation in Self-Care (DISC) Travel: Post-COVID-19 Protocols: 15%
As India starts a nationwide inoculation drive with domestically manufactured vaccines, it continues to cope with the economic and social fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. The impacts of the pandemic and lockdown have led to a decline in development gains, disproportionately affecting low-income and vulnerable households. The impacts have been severe for India, given that the economy had begun slowing even before the crisis struck.
The Indian government has already committed US$397 billion, accounting for 15 percent of GDP, in a fiscal stimulus as a relief and recovery package to make India
atma nirbhar (self-reliant). There have been some bright spots in the economic stimulus, with its support for rural job creation and support for afforestation (US$792 million), as well as medium-term policies based on production linked incentives for building domestic manufacturing capacity, such as battery storage (US$2.6 billion). At the same time, the economic package also focuses on spendin
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Global Trust and Foundations Market Report 2020-2023 & 2030: COVID-19 Impacts, Growth and Changes - ResearchAndMarkets.com
January 14, 2021 GMT
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Trust and Foundations Global Market Report 2020-30: COVID-19 Growth and Change provides the strategists, marketers and senior management with the critical information they need to assess the global trust and foundations market.
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Major players in the trust and foundations market are United Way Worldwide, Feeding America, Task Force for Global Health, Salvation Army, American National Red Cross, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Americares Foundation, Food for the Poor, United States Fund for UNICEF and MAP International.
Philanthropy turn corporates require for lasting impact
Thursday January 14 2021
M-Pesa Foundation director Les Baillie (left), Airbus Foundation executive director Andrea Debbane (centre) and International director Hania Tabet during the launch of the Airbus Little Engineer Initiative at the M-Pesa Foundation Academy. PHOTO | COURTESY
By LES BAILLIE
Governments, companies and individuals have rallied impressively over the past year to mitigate the economic, health and social toll of Covid-19.
Given the scale and complexity of these challenges even prior to the pandemic the private sector and corporate philanthropy are vital to development efforts.
The renewed urgency and focus on redressing inequity offer philanthropists an opportunity to leverage this global movement to prioritise strategic interventions that create sustained impact for those who need it most.