37th Edition - In pursuit of social change, will partnerships aim true?
Across Asia, there are a growing number of partnerships forged between grantmakers, community foundations, nonprofit organizations, businesses and governments pursuing social change as a goal.
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Diaspora Philanthropy Conference Background Papers
APPC's fourth regional conference, "Diaspora Giving: An Agent of Change in Asia Pacific Communities?" held last 21 to 23 May 2008 in Hanoi, Vietnam, was attended by some 120 representatives from government, diaspora communities, receiving communities, NGO facilitators and diaspora philanthropy advocates from Asia and beyond.
Prior to the conference, APPC commissioned an Overview Paper on Diaspora Philanthropy as well as 7 papers on the following countries: Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines and Vietnam.
Philanthropy in China
Philanthropic giving in China is a growing practice, but one that is rarely directed to strangers. This is attributed to the Chinese system of guanxi or personal connections, which extend to those who share a certain identity.
Because of this, voluntary donations are often mobilized through organizational hierarchies. Supervisors and managers call on employees to donate to specific charities or relief efforts, and then disclose the amounts of the individual donations. This has reportedly encouraged giving from those who would not do so otherwise.
