Simon Freeman

Today, we had the pleasure of welcoming philanthropist Judith Neilson and @SimonFreeman75, CEO of the @_JNFoundation, for a visit to Solid'Africa.

Come work with us! We are looking to fill FOUR junior positions that will gain exposure across our work in Australia, Africa and beyond...

“We found something far more powerful than biceps and bullets,” says the Australian founder of the Akashinga ranger force. How did these women turn the tide against wildlife poaching? bit.ly/3SQES0t

"In some venues, reporters now do their work with all the passion of an accountant, and it shows in their guarded, couched and equivocating copy." -- so many riffs to pull out of this @jackshafer piece on the loss of media swagger. politico.com/news/magazine/…

@MikeCarlton01 How can you tell?

Someone has hacked the Boiled Egg’s account. Delicious.

It's official: District leaders and partners in Adjumani show their commitment by signing the project board, marking the official launch of the second phase with funding from the Judith Neilson Foundation. This comes after the success & gains from the first phase of AGiC project

We are now working with the @_JNFoundation to help bring #CervicalCancer prevention and treatment services closer to more women in #Zimbabwe, where the disease is the leading cause of death among women living with #HIV. Learn more: judithneilsonfoundation.org/work-africa @MoHCCZim

Fantastic to have this partnership up and running! We are a small team based 10,000km away, so finding high quality partners with an established presence on the ground is critical to success.

@AndrewJBaillie @TheMatilda_USyd @MTeesson I like your style - you’re never too old for a bouncy castle

Prep for Matilda Centre Xmas in July almost done @TheMatilda_USyd @MTeesson (Philippines vs Switzerland on in the background)

Some serious talent on show as netball fever strikes Masiphumelele in the lead up to @NetballWorldCup. Thanks to the amazing team at Masisports and the inspirational Vince van der Bijl for their hospitality today, something that will stick with me for a long time @_JNFoundation

#segal2023 - an incredible welcome to an awe inspiring conference. One that will help solve our problem of how to connect @_JNFoundation to hundreds of grassroots change makers across Africa.

Investing in women doesn’t just make for a more equitable society, it makes for a more prosperous one - just one reason the @_JNFoundation seeks to support disadvantaged women & girls in Australia & Africa. #EmbraceEquity #IWD2023 #philanthropy

Akashinga, or “the Brave Ones", is an all-woman team of rangers protecting the natural heritage of Zimbabwe, creating education & employment opportunities. We're proud to support the @IAPF Akashinga program. #philanthropy #internationaldevelopment #socialimpact #Africa

So exciting to be working with Akashinga to support marginalised women in rural Zimbabwe. Delivering social impact hand in hand with conservation. @IAPF @_JNFoundation

Welcome onboard to the Judith Neilson Foundation team! We’re laying the groundwork for growing our #philanthropic giving in Africa and Australia. Watch this space! #philanthropy #internationaldevelopment #socialimpact #socialjustice

The schools in Cape Town's Masiphumelele township are getting major upgrades thanks to people like Vince van der Bijl, Fred Alger & Dr Judith Neilson. Neilson is funding a multi-sports astro field, an astro volleyball court and three cricket nets at Masiphumelele High School.

@KSeibertAu @smh You're not wrong Krystian... 🤨

What’s notable too is that the Institute’s focus area is journalism - and the @smh (and many other media organisations) are previous grantees. So it’s also an especially interesting case study of the interaction of philanthropy and journalism. 2/2

The reporting on the Judith Neilson Institute by @smh is an interesting example of scrutiny of larger scale philanthropy in Australia - such scrutiny is a quite new phenomenon in here, I wrote an article about it for the Third Sector Review in 2019 👉 search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/IN… 1/2

The Member for Honolulu

@JoshButler Jeez - its only lunchtime, steady on

we did it, you guys!

@jackheath @abigaildisney As long as our tax system is based around "income" and "realised gains" rather than assets then this will be the result. Blame the game, not the players.

The ProPublica report on the 25 richest Americans raises an interesting question, @AbigailDisney writes. "What motivates people with so much money to try to withhold every last bit of it from the public’s reach?" theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…