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The Effect of Impact Investing on Sustainable Development

Impact Investment /

By Qingcheng Li, Yutong Liu, and Bing Chen “The current impact investing is washing along the shores of a bifurcated world still organized to separate profit-making from social and environmental problem-solving.” Antony Bugg-Levine, CEO of the Nonprofit Finance Fund, said. In 2007, the term “impact investing” was coined by the Rockefeller Foundation, which is new to both the investing […]

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The Cost of Living Crisis Costing the UK’s Mental Health

Changemaker's Advice, Grassroots Voices, Lifestyle /

By Chelsie Lee Rattigan After recently recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, we are entering a new crisis, the cost-of-living crisis within the UK.  The cost-of-living crisis, life on low pay, rising prices, humanitarian crisis, inflation, rising energy prices, hunger crisis, homelessness, despair. These are just some examples of what the UK public is exposed to

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Rohingya Refugee Crisis: A Representation of Nature’s Sufferings

Climate and Environment, Grassroots Voices /

By Sumaia Binte Islam Today the refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar region are symbols of Bangladesh’s deterrent environmental conditions. On one hand, human beings are being deprived of their basic human rights while nature is also showing symptoms of its dire conditions.   On July 27, 2021 Devastating floods and landslides struck the refugee camps as a result

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Nigeria in the Face of Catastrophic Flooding

Changemaker's Advice, Climate and Environment, Grassroots Voices /

By Eniola Abdulroqeeb Arowolo  Over the years, Nigeria has faced the detriments of climate change which has, according to a report by BBC, left over a million people displaced. The country is used to seasonal flooding and has continued to be a disturbing threat to the lives and properties of the people.  This brings one to the

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“Glad I can hide under a face mask”: Post-pandemic Social Anxiety as We Resume to Face-To-Face Classes and Ways to Manage It

Changemaker's Advice, Lifestyle /

By Mariane Gabrielle C. Cagalawan At the beginning of the pandemic, wearing a face mask felt like a burden. But as schools reopen in the Philippines, it became a hiding cloak for students, protecting them from society more than it protects them from the virus. After more than two years of COVID-19 lockdown, the Philippines

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“The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose”: why and how Shakespeare is a complex figure in decolonization of education

In-depth Issues /

By Jingye Tang Since the Black Lives Matters movements in 2020, popular and academic appeals for further decolonization in education and pedagogy have been actively responded by secondary and higher institutions in the Global North. In the Global South where the connection between education system and colonial rule was more explicit, decolonizing education is often

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The Splendid Pearl of the Silk Road: Now and Future of Tourism in Kashgar

Grassroots Voices, Lifestyle /

By Ge Qu, Ziming Cheng and Yunya Lin ” Xinjiang is a great place, not coming to Kashgar means you haven’t been to Xinjiang.” This kind of slogan can be seen in major tourist attractions in Kashgar. Kashgar, as the main route of the Silk Road and an international business hub where domestic and foreign business people gather, is

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A Comparative Perspective on Giving Day Based on GivingTuesday and 99 Giving Day

In-depth Issues /

Giving Days are one day or a period of days that bring together awareness raising, fundraising, donor engagement and volunteering. They can be any day picked by an organization itself or a certain day that has certain meaning for awareness raising, such as “World AIDS Day” on 1st December.

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Philippine Social Entrepreneurship Summit Calls for Support, Financing for Filipino SE Communities

Tech & Innovation /

With the theme “Promoting an Innovative and Sustainable Social Enterprise Ecosystem in the Philippines,” the Innovation for Social Impact Partnership (ISIP) convened over 135 impact-driven entrepreneurs, educators, stakeholders, policymakers, and other supporting organizations at the ISIP Summit held online from June 14 to 16, 2021. It highlighted key challenges in the social enterprise ecosystem amid the pandemic and called for more support for Filipino social enterprises.

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