Jun 11 2014
Perspective
In a previous post, I wrote about the Seven Things You Should Know About Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Here's another post digging deeper into the "how to" of making reforms happen, …
Jun 09 2014
Press Releases
Lagos—The Rockefeller Foundation has announced a grant of $500,000 to Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN) for the expansion of PIN's Ajegunle.org project. Since 2007, the project has worked from Ajegunle, an underserved community …
Jun 05 2014
Perspective
On Monday, HUD Secretary Donovan awarded $920 M of disaster recovery funding to New Jersey, New York State, and New York City for six Rebuild by Design proposals. Rebuild by Design …
Jun 04 2014
Perspective
This post originally appeared on 100 Resilient Cities. Oscar Santiago Uribe Rocha is Medellín, Colombia's first Chief Resilience Officer (CRO)—the second CRO appointed anywhere in the world. His story is one …
Jun 02 2014
Press Releases
Johannesburg—The Rockefeller Foundation has announced a $1 million grant to EOH to spur job creation in the ICT sector for South Africa's disadvantaged youth. The grant comes to support EOH's Youth …
May 19 2014
Perspective
The Rockefeller Foundation congratulates WETA's documentary, Latino Americans, for winning the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award. As the award panel said, the series' "six fascinating installments traced a people's history that's …
May 16 2014
With increased focus on shared value, inclusive business and corporate social responsibility, businesses are looking for both positive financial and social impact in their own practices, and in those of …
U.S. Economic Opportunity
May 14 2014
Perspective
Ranjit is a farmer who owns land in Bharayen village in Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, where he sows sugarcane, wheat, and rice crops, some of which he sells in the region. …
May 12 2014
Perspective
This article, co-authored by Nick Mead, is cross-posted with special permission from The Guardian. It is frequently cited that more than half of us now live in cities. But it might …
May 08 2014
Press Releases
Abuja—The Rockefeller Foundation and Elance-oDesk will join forces to unlock the potential of online work for disadvantaged youth in Africa. Today the internet offers millions of job opportunities to a …