Financial health is critical to understanding an NGO’s overall health, but assessing it can be a complicated process. See @SarahTiffaha's streamlined guide to decoding the numbers. #philanthropy

How We Assess an Organization’s Financial Health: A Step-by-Step Guide to Decoding the Numbers - Skoll.org

Skoll has systematized our approach to this type of assessment into a financial analysis guide, which we're excited to share broadly.

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"Girls everywhere have to know that no matter where they are born they have a say about what goes on in their lives and their communities. Silence has never saved anyone." — Girls' rights advocate @Memorybanda75

Memory Banda: Give girls choices, not lives already decided for them

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Read @PeterDrobac's Q&A with @JoiaMukherjee on the global AIDS movement as a model of #systemschange, achieving #UHC, plus what's next for #globalhealth delivery.

Global health as a social movement: Q&A with Dr. Joia Mukherjee | OUPblog

What is social entrepreneurship? In essence, it’s about using the tools of entrepreneurship—opportunity, resourcefulness, innovation—to addr...

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#Childmarriage is a truly global issue–it cuts across countries, religions, and cultures. One in four girls globally is married before the age of 18–that’s 15 million girls each year, or one girl every two seconds." — Lakshmi Sundaram, @GirlsNotBrides

The Far-Reaching Economic Impacts of Child Marriage - Skoll.org

Every minute of every day, 28 girls under 18 are married off against their will. A new World Bank study shows its economic impact.

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Women can be the strongest agents of change around climate change. We just need to give them a voice.

Rural Women and Girls Catalyzing Change in the Climate Crisis - Skoll.org

Women can also be the strongest agents of change around climate mitigation and adaptation efforts if we end the patriarchy.

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How can universal access to safe water be achieved in Latin America? A few ways: Strong government leadership. A multi-sector approach. An "everyone" mindset. @waterforpeople 💦

How We'll Get Universal Access to Safe Water in Latin America - Skoll.org

Universal access to safe water in Latin America? How is this possible to achieve in a region where some of the most beautiful tourist destinations in ...

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Learn how Skoll Awardees @EcoPeaceME, @WSUPUK and @HealthLeadsNatl have expanded into advisory services in order to scale their work for the greatest impact. See their pathway to scale: @SSIReview @SarahTiffaha @slobig

From Direct Action to Advisory Services: A Pathway to Scale for Social Entrepreneurs (SSIR)

By taking on an advising role, an organization can scale a core innovation with less demand on its resources than would be required through direct act...

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"Now is the time to elevate dialogue around the role of restored and vibrant common lands to lift rural Indians out of poverty and help reverse the effects of climate change."

Field Notes: Foundation for Ecological Security and the Greening of Rajasthan - Skoll.org

 FES works closely with villagers to understand the current uses of the common lands and villagers' aspirations for the future of these spaces.

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Skoll awardees @joshnesbit and @rajpanjabi are at @AspenInstitute for #SpotlightHealth!

📅On Monday at 9:30am MT, tune into their FB live conversation with @james_nardella on how #CHWs are on the frontline in the fight against child mortality. 🖱️ https://t.co/O9gJj1b1x3

If #philanthropy is failing to prevent the unraveling of social and environmental fabric we all depend on, what next? Thoughts on power, privilege and funding from @PiaVision @Nonprofitwballs @ParminderVir @peeryfoundation

Exploring Power and Privilege in the Funding Landscape: A Personal Reflection - Skoll.org

If I have your ear for long enough, you’ll eventually hear me grumble about the philanthropic sector. I usually start by claiming that, contrary...

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