The Michael Macfarlane Associates private office has created the 2030 Sustainable Development Collective Fund to channel the charitable giving of institutions and UHNWI philanthropists into turnkey projects in remote and low-income communities of the developing world. With the aim of having a transformational grassroots impact, the fund seeks to generate measurable socio-economic return in support of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
Four initial projects have been selected to receive donor support, including one to improve maternal mortality through the provision of mobile ultrasound scanning equipment and training, another to support young girls who have been victims of human trafficking, a project training Himalayan hill farmers to adapt to climate change and a project to cure untreated blindness.
Each of the projects already exist as home-grown initiatives devised by local teams and are chosen for their potential to generate a very high socio-economic ‘return’ upon their ‘acceleration’ thanks to multi-year funding commitments from donor partners. The fund also expects donors to play a visible role as ambassadors for the projects that they support and as vocal advocates for the development of sustainable solutions and wider systemic change.
The 2030 Sustainable Development Collective Fund is operating under the auspices of Prism The Gift Fund, registered UK charity number 1099682. All of the initial projects of the fund will be located in South Asia thanks to local knowledge and expertise.
Pankaj Thapa, an international development specialist at Michael Macfarlane Associates, said: “Ultimately, change cannot be imposed upon communities, it must be home grown, but it is for the rest of the world to provide the technology and funding that is needed — often relatively small amounts of money — to help transform communities and change lives.”
The Michael Macfarlane Associates private office has launched the 2030 Sustainable Development Collective Fund, a charity initiative with the aim of having a transformational grassroots impact on remote and low-income communities in the developing world. The fund seeks to generate measurable socio-economic return in support of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
Four key projects have been chosen to receive donor support, including a project to improve maternal mortality, one to support young girls who have been victims of human trafficking, a project to train Himalayan hill farmers to adapt to climate change, and a project to cure untreated blindness.
The fund is operating under the auspices of Prism The Gift Fund and all projects will be located in South Asia. Donors will play a visible role as ambassadors for the projects they support and as vocal advocates for the development of sustainable solutions and wider systemic change.
Pankaj Thapa, international development specialist at Michael Macfarlane Associates, commented: “Ultimately, change cannot be imposed upon communities, it must be home grown, but it is for the rest of the world to provide the technology and funding that is needed — often relatively small amounts of money — to help transform communities and change lives.”
The 2030 Sustainable Development Collective Fund, created by the Michael Macfarlane Associates private office, is seeking private and institutional donor support for its four initial projects. For more information, visit www.2030SDCF.com.
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