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Approaches, ideas, and fresh perspectives that cut across sectors within the social impact space.

Girls in a classroom, listening to a lecture. A nonprofit learns the importance of strategy and communication when planning for scale.
Scale
Assume less, prepare more
Learning the importance of strategy and communication when planning for scale.
by Sarita Upadhyay | 7 min read

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an aanganwadi worker video calling a group of women beneficiaries on a smartphone for telecounselling-COVID-19 awareness campaigns
Fundraising & Communications
“We cannot have a one-size-fits-all communication strategy”
Evidence-based and community-centric communication can prevent the spread of rumours and misinformation in a crisis.
by Sohini Bhattacharya | 7 min read
Image of the hands of a person at a group therapy session. Suicide prevention requires community effort and policy changes
Health
It takes a village: A systemic approach to suicide prevention
World Suicide Prevention Day | We need to recognise that suicide is a societal failure. To change this, we need policy makers, people, and the media to collaborate.
by Bhawesh Jha | 6 min read
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Philanthropy & CSR
Reflections: Philanthropy in India during COVID-19
Vidya Shah of EdelGive Foundation talks about what funders did and didn’t get right during COVID-19, and what the way forward should be.
by Devanshi Vaid, Smarinita Shetty | 6 min read
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Technology
How to think about funding technology in the social sector
Funders need to broaden their approach to supporting technology, focusing as much on the tech ecosystem as they do on individual projects.
by Riah Forbes | 4 min read
Two women in sarees, carrying construction materials on their head. The photograph has been clicked from behind. NREGA is crucial to the rural economy of India, especially in 2021 with low yield and poor monsoon
Livelihoods
NREGA is crucial to rural India in 2021
While it claims to be a demand-based scheme with an elastic budget, NREGA’s failure to support the rural economy in 2021 indicates otherwise.
by Avani Kapur, Harish Damodaran, Yamini Aiyar | 6 min read
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Girls in a classroom, listening to a lecture. A nonprofit learns the importance of strategy and communication when planning for scale.
Scale
Assume less, prepare more
Learning the importance of strategy and communication when planning for scale.
by Sarita Upadhyay | 7 min read
an aanganwadi worker video calling a group of women beneficiaries on a smartphone for telecounselling-COVID-19 awareness campaigns
Fundraising & Communications
“We cannot have a one-size-fits-all communication strategy”
Evidence-based and community-centric communication can prevent the spread of rumours and misinformation in a crisis.
by Sohini Bhattacharya | 7 min read
Image of the hands of a person at a group therapy session. Suicide prevention requires community effort and policy changes
Health
It takes a village: A systemic approach to suicide prevention
World Suicide Prevention Day | We need to recognise that suicide is a societal failure. To change this, we need policy makers, people, and the media to collaborate.
by Bhawesh Jha | 6 min read