Sustainable Development

Case Study: Frugal Innovation | BAIF Development Research Foundation—Transforming Lives in Rural India

Through 50 years of innovation in agricultural technology, BAIF Development Research Foundation (BAIF) has helped millions of Indian farmers to upgrade their animal husbandry practices, cultivate productive homestead orchards, and better manage natural resources. From its early days, BAIF has focused on driving rural prosperity. Initially, it empowered farming communities to improve the productivity of […]

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Case Study: Love for the Least, the Last, and the Lost | Caritas Manila—Shaping, Serving, and Empowering the Poor

For more than 60 years, the social services and development ministry of the Archdiocese of Manila have helped the less fortunate to find self-reliance and dignity. In doing so, it has cultivated its next generation of leaders and donors. Caritas Manila works to benefit the disadvantaged of Manila in the areas of social development, family

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Case Study: Driving Value | Taiwan Taxi Academy Association—Flipping Perceptions of the Taxi Industry

Under the aegis of a public-private partnership model, a non-profit taxi association was formed to improve the livelihoods of low-income taxi drivers, while bolstering the local economy. The Taiwan Taxi Academy Association (TTAA) was formally established as a non-profit organization(NPO) by a team of university professors in 2014, keen to apply what they have learned

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Case Study: Building Collective Impact | New Homeland Foundation—Empowering a Disaster-Struck Community in Rural Taiwan

With the help of the New Homeland Foundation (NHF), the poor mountain village of Taomi emerged from the tatters of a catastrophic earthquake as a premium eco-village and tourism hotspot. In 1999, a disastrous earthquake struck Taomi, and the destruction brought further suffering to local residents. In response, a non-profit organization (NPO) called the New

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Case Study: Water for Life | Dilasa Sanstha—Securing the livelihoods of poor farmers in India

By adapting indigenous irrigation techniques and empowering farming communities to generate alternative income streams, Dilasa Sanstha has changed the lives of impoverished rural farmers in Maharashtra State. Its partnership with the Axis Bank Foundation has allowed it to scale its rural interventions to new heights. Based in Maharashtra State, Dilasa has been working with farming

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Case Study: Pathways to Education | Pamulaan Center for Indigenous Peoples’ Education—Leading the Way

In piloting an education model that is sensitive to the experiences of young indigenous peoples in the Philippines, Pamulaan has shown the way for government to scale up. The Pamulaan Center for Indigenous Peoples’ Education is a formal, tertiary school providing education for indigenous peoples as a means to build their self-reliance. Departing from mainstream

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Case Study: Social Enterprise in the Countryside | CARD MRI—Empowering the Poor in the Philippines

The case of the Center for Agriculture and Rural Development Mutually Reinforcing Institutions (CARD MRI) tells how a non-government organization providing microfinance services grew over three decades to develop a social enterprise model that enables landless rural poor women to become managers, owners, investors and guardians of their families’ futures. The history of the Center

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Case Study: Bright Young Sparks | Songkhla Forum—Empowering Thailand’s Youth for the 21st Century

An innovative model developed in collaboration with the Siam Commercial Bank Foundation allows young people in Songkhla Province to design and implement community development projects to develop life skills and a sense of civic-mindedness. In 1991, the Songkhla Forum (SF) was established  as a communications platform to share information and raise awareness so that the

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Case Study: Foundation for Slum Child Care—Providing Childcare Services in Bangkok’s Slums

With the patronage of a royal princess, two women from different sides of the railway track came together to establish a daycare center in one of Thailand’s most notorious slums to change the lives of poor urban families. The Foundation for Slum Child Care (FSCC) was officially started in June 1981, and through a series

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