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Rockefeller Foundation and Wellcome Jointly Mobilize U.S. $11.5 Million to Support the WHO-WMO Climate and Health Programme

The funding will help the WHO-WMO Joint Programme to rapidly accelerate and scale weather and climate insights that feed into health decision-making processes in low- and middle-income countries.

Source

World Meteorological Organization (link opens in a new window)

Categories

Environment, Health Care

Region

Global

Tags

climate change, climate health, NGOs, public health, scale

Press Release: ADB, CGIAR, and Gates Foundation Partner to Transform Rice Sector, Uplift Millions of Smallholder Farmers in Asia and the Pacific

Initial projects are being developed in Bangladesh, Cambodia, the People’s Republic of China, Pakistan, and the Philippines.

Source

Asian Development Bank (link opens in a new window)

Categories

Agriculture, Investing

Region

Global

Tags

decarbonization, food security, global development, NGOs, smallholder farmers, water

Analysis: USAID’s Demise Threatens Clean Cooking Programs in Africa

A funding stoppage hurts efforts to phase out polluting home cookstoves and replace them with cleaner alternatives.

Source

The Malaysian Reserve (link opens in a new window)

Categories

Environment

Region

Global

Tags

clean cooking, climate change, climate health, decarbonization, NGOs

Development Research and Projects Center Offers ₦150 Million in Grants for Local NGOs in Nigeria Impacted by U.S. Funding Cuts

NGOs registered in Nigeria that suspended activities on gender equality, women’s economic empowerment, school safety for girls, women’s health, gender based violence, and social justice, will be considered for the grant.

Source

The Guardian (link opens in a new window)

Categories

Investing

Region

Sub-Saharan Africa

Tags

gender equality, gender lens, human rights, NGOs, reproductive health

Press Release: Human Planet Acquires Advisory Division of KOIS to Jumpstart New Innovative Finance Force

"Human Planet, following its acquisition of the Advisory Division of KOIS, becomes an integrated advisory firm offering a full spectrum of services from programme design to innovative finance. "

Source

KOIS, MzN International, Human Planet (link opens in a new window)

Categories

Investing, Social Enterprise

Region

Global

Tags

blended finance, ESG, human rights, impact investing, innovation, NGOs, research, results-based financing, sustainable finance

New Gates-Backed Fund Targets Maternal and Newborn Health in Africa

The fund is backed mainly by philanthropy, at a time of declining donor government foreign aid budgets.

Source

Devex (link opens in a new window)

Categories

Health Care

Region

Sub-Saharan Africa

Tags

global development, NGOs, public health, reproductive health, SDGs

Analysis: The Data Crisis Following USAID’s Withdrawal: Opportunities to Reimagine Data Systems

Without investment in country data systems, there will be limited data to power AI solutions and drive the longer-term digital transformation of public services.

Source

Development Gateway (link opens in a new window)

Categories

Investing

Region

Global

Tags

artificial intelligence, data, digital inclusion, global development, human rights, NGOs, partnerships

Bezos Family Announces an up to US $500 Million Challenge for Unicef’s Child Nutrition Fund to Address Global Child and Maternal Undernutrition

This fundraising challenge to individuals, governments, and philanthropies will provide essential nutrition programmes and urgently needed supplies for the most vulnerable children and women.

Source

UNICEF (link opens in a new window)

Region

Global

Tags

NGOs, nutrition, partnerships, public-private partnerships, youth