Foundations


Maintaining a Kurdish Vision

"Rwanga is a Kurdish word which means “vision.” The foundation has three main strategic approaches: to provide direct services; to build capacities for teachers, school or education administrations, and students; and to design policies."

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THE CHANGING FACE OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

"The first references to CSR go back to the 1950s. At that time, CSR was based on short-term interventions, and it wasn't an integral part of overall corporate development or marketing plan. Now, as we are faced with the realities of globalization, the whole role of corporations has altered, and the nature of how companies interact with their client base is hugely different."

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ERADICATING PARASITIC DISEASES IN ETHIOPIA

"NALA first implemented their holistic program in the city of Mekelle, Ethiopia, in 2009, and carried it out there for four years. The results have been dramatic. Evaluations have demonstrated a steep and sustained reduction in prevalence levels of intestinal worms and schistosomiasis throughout Mekelle. In 2009, the rate of infection in Mekelle was at 40 percent. In 2012, the rate of infection had dropped to 5 percent and by 2014, the rate was down to 2 percent..."

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ENVISIONING ALTERNATIVE FUTURES

"The future of countries, organizations, and individuals will not happen in a “vacuum”—that is, their futures will not be determined solely by a narrow set of parameters isolated from developments in the larger world around them. Nor will their destinies be simply of their own making or a result of navigating their immediate economic, political, or social ecosystem."

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ENDOWMENT MANAGEMENT: WHAT YOU’RE EXPECTED TO KNOW

"Forming an effective investment committee, however, is just one piece of the endowment management puzzle. Using the considerable experience of our principles—who have spent time on both sides of the committee table—PASS will construct a process for search, due diligence, selection, negotiation, and ongoing monitoring of your institution’s endowment management committee."

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