2030 Sustainable Development Collective Fund Aims to Speed Up Sustainable Development Projects in Low-Income Communities of the Developing World
The 2030 Sustainable Development Collective Fund has been created to channel the charitable giving of institutions and UHNWI philanthropists towards vital projects in the remote and low-income communities of the developing world. Created by the Michael Macfarlane Associates private office, the fund works in support of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and expects its grassroots initiatives to generate measurable socio-economic return.
The fund is currently seeking donor support for four initial projects, including improving maternal mortality through the provision of mobile ultrasound scanning equipment and training, supporting young girls who have been victims of human trafficking, training Himalayan hill farmers to adapt to the impact of climate change, and curing untreated blindness.
Each of these projects has been created by local teams in remote and underserved low-income communities and have been selected for their potential to generate a very high socio-economic ‘return’ from their ‘acceleration’ thanks to multi-year funding commitments.
Pankaj Thapa, an international development specialist at Michael Macfarlane Associates, said: “Ultimately, change cannot be imposed upon communities, it must be home grown, but it is for the rest of the world to provide the technology and funding that is needed — often relatively small amounts of money — to help transform communities and change lives.”
The fund operates under the auspices of Prism The Gift Fund, registered UK charity number 1099682, and the initial projects will be located in South Asia. As well as providing financial support, the 2030 Sustainable Development Collective Fund also hopes to involve donors as ambassadors for the projects and advocates for the development of sustainable solutions and wider systemic change.
More information is available at www.2030SDCF.com.
A new fund has been launched to support the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and channel the charitable giving of institutions and UHNWI philanthropists into remote and low-income communities of the developing world.
The 2030 Sustainable Development Collective Fund was created by the Michael Macfarlane Associates private office and works under the auspices of Prism The Gift Fund, a registered UK charity. It is seeking donor support for four initial projects, including improving maternal mortality, supporting young victims of human trafficking, training Himalayan hill farmers to adapt to climate change, and curing untreated blindness.
These projects are located in South Asia and have been devised by local teams in remote and underserved low-income communities. The fund expects them to generate a high socio-economic ‘return’ from their ‘acceleration’ due to multi-year funding commitments from donor partners.
Pankaj Thapa, an international development specialist at Michael Macfarlane Associates, stated: “Change cannot be imposed upon communities, it must be home grown, but it is for the rest of the world to provide the technology and funding that is needed — often relatively small amounts of money — to help transform communities and change lives.”
As well as providing financial support, the fund also seeks to involve donors as ambassadors for the projects and advocates for the development of sustainable solutions and wider systemic change. More information is available at www.2030SDCF.com.
