A Quiet Funder Shares How It's Fighting COVID-19 in Africa, and Urges Others to Step Up

A Quiet Funder Shares How It's Fighting COVID-19 in Africa, and Urges Others to Step Up

A quiet giant, the ELMA Group of Foundations shares means and methods to help Africa survive the pandemic, urging others to step up during the “greatest crisis of our time.”

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With a Catastrophe Looming for Africa, Funders Need to Focus on Community-based Responses

With a Catastrophe Looming for Africa, Funders Need to Focus on Community-based Responses

Local African organizations will play an all-important role in the fight against a devastating pandemic. Too often, though, these groups are invisible to philanthropy. A guest contributor offers a blueprint for how donors can support them.

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COVID-19 is Spreading in Africa. How Should Philanthropy Respond?

COVID-19 is Spreading in Africa. How Should Philanthropy Respond?

While COVID-19 poses a daunting threat to the developed world, this will likely pale in comparison to its impact on Africa. As donors confront this threat, they should look to lessons from the Ebola crisis to guide their giving.

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A Foundation Set Out to Bolster African Health Systems. What Has it Achieved?

A Foundation Set Out to Bolster African Health Systems. What Has it Achieved?

While many global health funders zero in on specific dread diseases like malaria, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation has taken a more structural—and challenging—approach to improving health outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa.

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