The City Council of Ypres in Belgium announced this week the winner of its 2020 Peace Prize and awarded the “Campaign to Stop Killer Robots”. A symbolic distinction for the campaign, which has been working since 2012 to ban the production and use of autonomous lethal weapon systems (“Killer Robots”), by increasing actions to inform […]
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We are pleased to announce that Swiss Philanthropy Foundation’s Biannual Report 2018–2019 is now available! Download it through the link below to find out what we have achieved over the past two years. For this edition, we decided to focus on theme of collaboration, through portraits of six individuals who share their experience of various […]
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Are we generous ? Giving time and money plays an important role in our lives, no matter the reason or the amount we give. There is no doubt that empathy and generosity go hand in hand with philanthropy regardless of the number of pennies involved. So, what should we give? And how much? Kenneth Roth, […]
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The COVID-19 Rapid Support Fund, created by Swiss Philanthropy Foundation, helps NGOs whose activities are impacted by the pandemic. Thanks to the strong mobilization of donors and a “matching-funds” mechanism by SPF, a fund of CHF 500,000 was raised in record time, making it possible to support organizations in the following countries: South Africa South, […]
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The first impact report for the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for the World Health Organization has been released. It covers the period between the Fund’s launch on March 13 to May 1, 2020 and provides updates on the early use of the Fund’s resources, as well as details about WHO’s and its partners’ efforts to […]
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Etienne Eichenberger is the guest of Heidi.news “Point du jour”, dedicated today to philanthropy. This episode revealed incredible outbursts of generosity and simple gestures of solidarity, revealing the best of ourselves. We invite you to discover it online. Swiss Philanthropy Foundation thanks Heidi.news for this opportunity to remind the importance and the role of philanthropy […]
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Au fur et à mesure que la pandémie touche les différents continents (Afrique, Amérique Latine, Moyen-Orient, Asie du Sud-Est) dans lesquels les donateurs que nous accompagnons soutiennent des projets de développement sur différentes thématiques, il me semble utile de continuer à témoigner des réalités vécues par les acteurs de terrain et surtout les réponses apportées […]
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Martial Paris, managing partner at WISE – philanthropy advisors, is a guest of Swiss Philanthropy Foundation’s blog on the Temps platform. It reflects the realities experienced by NGOs on the ground and the challenges encountered in carrying out their missions with the poorest in these times of pandemic. He urges donors to be flexible and […]
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Discover the interview of Etienne Eichenberger in Radio LAC aired on May 1st, 2020. The opportunity to talk about the collaboration of the Swiss Philanthropy Foundation with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Foundation, in the fight against Covid-19, thanks to the donations collected in favour of the Covid19 Solidarity Response Fund. […]
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Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Swiss Philanthropy Foundation has been working alongside the World Health Organization in the fight against COVID19 . As a host foundation, our role is to accompany the WHO in raising funds in Switzerland and Europe for the Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund, to help support “a global response to […]
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