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 […]
Read the articleEtienne 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 […]
Read the articleAu 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 […]
Read the articleMartial 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 […]
Read the articleDiscover 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. […]
Read the articleSince 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 […]
Read the articleOur new pandemic world has generated unprecedented creativity. These innovations have several features in common. They are voluntary and they create bonds. Specialists, students and entrepreneurs have chosen to respond to the emergency by creating new forms of solidarity on the scale of a neighbourhood or a region. But are these innovations sustainable? What future […]
Read the articleSwiss Philanthropy Foundation is pleased to announce the creation of a collaborative fund to support NGOs whose activities are impacted by the pandemic, the “COVID-19 Rapid Support Fund”. Thanks to the strong mobilization of donors and a matching-fund mechanism by SPF, a fund of CHF 500,000 has been raised in record time. The impact of […]
Read the articleIn an interview with AGEFI, Etienne Eichenberger, co-founder of the Swiss Philanthropy Foundation (SPF), recalls the impact of the crisis on the actions of the sheltered foundations. He explains how SPF was able to use its expertise to help the WHO to approach non-state donors for the first time. The launch in partnership with the […]
Read the articleWith strong growth of its sheltered funds, the Foundation wishes to strengthen its team and is looking for : A Project Administrator attached to the General Management for the operational and administrative management of Sheltered Funds. Application deadline: Friday 15 May 2020. To apply, please send your application to the recruitment agency (Alec Allan & […]
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