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This is Master Badru. He took part in our @MastercardFdn funded youth organization training in Uganda last year. He has now launched free Taekwondo through Uganda Taekwondo Federation in the refugee settlements in Western Uganda. He sends us a @WhatsApp each wk on the progress.

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Our vocational Skill training Programme at #S4AVTI for this academic year has kicked off. we are grateful for the number of students enrolled and more still coming. #LearningOpportunityforEverybody #Skills4Jobs #YouthEmployment @VanDoornSt @ggereedschap

@MastercardFdn @WhatsApp @UNHCRuganda If you are interested in getting in contact with Master Badru please reach out to us. They don't have a lot of presence on the internet but we can vouch for them and can send details on how to support the organization.

@MastercardFdn @WhatsApp @UNHCRuganda As we reflect on the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. this weekend and the remembrance on Monday, we are reminded that darkness can only be driven out by light. Master Badru is truly a light, he and other local leaders inspire us to continue to amplify their voices.

This is Master Badru. He took part in our @MastercardFdn funded youth organization training in Uganda last year. He has now launched free Taekwondo through Uganda Taekwondo Federation in the refugee settlements in Western Uganda. He sends us a @WhatsApp each wk on the progress.

If you are considering supporting Puerto Rico, please give through Diaspora platform @HIPGive hipgive.org/project/suppor…

Less Privileged Ghana Foundation lessprivilegedghanafoundation.org and if you are interested: @EthioTrustFund is having their 1st Gala, December 12 in Washington DC to support projects in Ethiopia. They have already raised an impressive amount for local projects so far.

@DHAFoundation Dr. Hawa Abdi Foundation is doing God's work in Somalia providing health, education and other services. Donations are being matched by @paypal so don't forget to add a dollar to your purchases this holiday season.

It is #GivingTuesday and here are some of our favorite for Africans by Africans charities, should you be looking to contribute your end of the year donations. @youthhubafrica has an active Girls Education Trust Fund.

Excited for #UNGA this week. Our CEO will be taking part in the @MIPAD100 events for nominees all week.

Another example of this type of catalyst funding was @Barclays Mozambique funding an incubator to promote entrepreneurship and test new ideas that could potential need funding and access to financial services.

As an example J&J has a really cool community health model called Unjani clinics in South Africa, where they train mostly women to provide health services that they are able to charge for that has created long-term impact in many communities without access.

The first lesson I learned is most corporations on the panel saw themselves as catalytic funders, meaning they want to enable something to grow at a faster rate and then be sustained on its own.

The topic centered on What is Purposeful Corporate Social Responsibility and how do potential stakeholders and granted participate in these new collaboration models.

1st just to remind which corporates participated: Johnson and Johnson, Visa, P&G, World Food Programme, Barclays Bank and the U.S. Africa Development Foundation.

It is not #tbt yet but want to throwback to my biggest takeaways and lessons learned from the CCA Summit panel on Business and Philanthropy. 1/4

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Don't miss @Act4Account and our 3rd Diaspora Roadshow Event in NYC. We will be releasing our findings from our Diaspora Pilot project in #Nigeria and #Uganda. Plus we will have an engaging panel of experts to discuss what's next. Tickets are free link in bio.