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AVPN's APAC Sustainability Seed Fund awards grants totaling USD 3 million to 13 sustainability innovators

~ Through the Fund, AVPN is empowering localimpact organisations to drive transformative change in communities they serve ~ ~ 13 NGO grantees working to combat climate changes through technology innovation are announced at Asian Development Bank's SEAD Symposium 2023 ~ BALI, Indonesia, March 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ The Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN), Asia's largest network of social investors announced the selection of 13 NGO grantees of the Asia-Pacific Sustainability Seed Fund at Asian Development Bank's Southeast Asia Development Symposium (SEADS) 2023 today. The APAC Sustainability Seed Fund is supported by Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google and Asian Development Bank (ADB). Local community is leveraging technology to support their waste management and circular economy. The Asia-Pacific region, especially its low-lying and small island countries, is extremely vulnerable to the disastrous impacts of climate change such as extreme precipitation events, ....

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New app tells donors what communities need to stop deforestation: Q&A with Health in Harmony

How can improving access to doctors and nurses for an Indigenous community in Borneo better protect the region’s fast-depleting rainforest and wildlife? A new app developed by nonprofit organization Health in Harmony  answers this by pointing to the alternative: “The cost of accessing health care and lack of alternative livelihoods had led these Indigenous Dayak […] ....

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