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La philanthropie en question(s)(36) Réinventer la philanthropie dans le Sud globalComment des crises telles que l'urgence climatique ou la pandémie de Covid-19 mettent-elles en lumière la possibilité d’un secteur philanthropique plus robuste, impactant et démocratique dans le sud global ? Quelles nouvelles stratégies le secteur doit-il adopter pour accroître son impact ? Dans ce 36ème épisode, le micro est à Clare Woodcraft, nouvelle directrice exécutive de la Chaire Philanthropie de l'ESSEC et co-éditrice, avec Kamal Munir et Nitya Khemka, de l'ouvrage "“Reimagining philanthropy in the Global South: from analysis to action in a post-Covid world” publié en 2024. Cl...2025-01-2918 min
The Impact RoomGaza: the war on educationWe'd love your feedback. Let us know what you thought about this episode.With all 12 of Gaza’s higher education institutions destroyed by Israeli bombs, what next for students, faculty, and the future of Palestinian learning? In this episode of The Impact Room, host Maysa Jalbout, explores the impact of the war on higher education in Gaza, on both students and teaching staff, as well as the institutions themselves.We feature interviews with academics trying to keep university teaching going, against all the odds, hear personal stories about life und...2024-07-0227 min
The afikra PodcastPhilanthropy in the Arab World | Maysa JalboutA masterclass in philanthropy in the MENA region. Maysa Jalbout has founded many private and corporate foundations along with starting the Queen Rania Foundation and being the founding CEO of the Al Ghurair Foundation. With over 25 years of experience in philanthropy in the Arab world, she offers a clear introduction to philanthropy in the region, points out its limits, and how it's changing. Reflecting on education in particular, she tackles short vs long-term issues, the chronic inefficiencies of the current status quo, and why it's time to start investing in local, grassroots organizations. This afikra podcast conversation also looks...2024-06-2458 min
Shaping PhilanthropyClare WoodcraftHow did Covid-19 change philanthropy in the Global South? Reimagining philanthropy in the Global South: from analysis to action in a post-Covid world is a new book that tackles this very question. Join one of its editors, Clare Woodcraft, to find out more about the lessons learned, and how global south philanthropists are rewriting the giving playbook."We wanted to contribute to the new discourse around shifting the power balance from the Global North to the Global South and give an opportunity not just for us as researchers, academics to talk...2024-04-2435 minThe Impact RoomDr Ghassan Abu-Sittah on Gaza's sufferingWe'd love your feedback. Let us know what you thought about this episode.Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah is no stranger to conflict zones, having spent decades volunteering for medical charities in Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, and Iraq. But the plastic and reconstructive surgeon says his latest experience in Gaza has no parallel. The scale of the current suffering in Gaza, “the intensity, the ferocity, the viciousness, and the deliberate targeting of the hospitals”, he says, was like "a tsunami”.Dr Abu-Sittah travelled to Gaza days after Israel began its bombardment in response to the O...2024-04-0133 minThe Impact RoomWater as a weapon of warWe'd love your feedback. Let us know what you thought about this episode.Water scarcity is a growing problem around the world, especially in the Middle East, but climate change is only half the story.In this episode of The Impact Room, we look at the social, economic, and geopolitical importance of water. We explore how its co-option, commodification, and unequal distribution is creating shortages affecting health and livelihoods and fuelling local and regional conflicts.Join host Maysa Jalbout in conversation with:Professor Mark Zeitoun, the director general of...2024-02-2038 minThe Impact RoomBig Bets with Dr Rajiv Shah of The Rockefeller FoundationWe'd love your feedback. Let us know what you thought about this episode.The Rockefeller Foundation is one of the world’s oldest and largest philanthropies. It was launched in 1910 with funds from oil, but in 2020, unveiled a plan to divest its US$5bn endowment from existing fossil fuel interests and refrain from future investments in the sector. The foundation has also committed to invest US$1bn of programme resources into collaborations and partnerships in the areas of energy, food, health and financial systems.This is with the aim of creating the...2023-12-0823 minThe Impact RoomClimate change and food insecurity: can philanthropy help?We'd love your feedback. Let us know what you thought about this episode.Close to 800 million people were classed as food insecure in 2022 due to a mix of conflict, rises to cost of living, Covid-19, and climate change, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).As needs rise and budgets shrink, aid agencies are unable to keep up with demand and shrinking budgets are leading to ration cuts resulting in yet more hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and insecurity.In this episode of The Impact Room, recorded ahead of the UAE...2023-12-0256 minThe Impact RoomWanjira Mathai: this is the decisive decadeWe'd love your feedback. Let us know what you thought about this episode.Wanjira Mathai is the managing director of the World Resources Institute (WRI), the chief Africa adviser to the Bezos Earth Fund and the former chair of the Green Belt Movement in her native Kenya. Speaking to Maysa Jalbout on The Impact Room ahead of COP28, Mathai, describes the moment we’re in as “the decisive decade” and warns that “the science is getting shaper”, “the challenge is deep”, and “we have a lot of wor...2023-11-3031 minThe Impact RoomThe war on Gaza's childrenWe'd love your feedback. Let us know what you thought about this episode.We were due to kick off Season Four with a series of interviews about climate philanthropy, ahead of the UAE hosting COP28, but we felt we could not ignore the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza. In solidarity with the people of Palestine, we have recorded some special episodes about the impact this latest war is having on innocent people. We want to both highlight the current emergency, and also explore what role philanthropy can - and should - be...2023-11-2024 minThe Impact RoomSeason Four is coming soon...We'd love your feedback. Let us know what you thought about this episode.Climate change, food security, funding collaboratives, and design for development. These are just some of the topics we’ll be discussing in Season Four of The Impact Room.Join Maysa Jalbout in conversation with a diverse line-up of global philanthropists, development leaders, industry experts, and frontline organisations as they share insights and inspiration.With the UAE due to host COP28 at the end of the year, we’ll be applying a climate lens to several of our episodes, look...2023-10-0901 minThe Impact RoomPresident Jimmy Carter's lifetime of serviceWe'd love your feedback. Let us know what you thought about this episode.This is a special episode dedicated to President Carter, who aged 98 has recently entered a hospice, and the extraordinary impact he has had around the world in the decades since leaving the White House.From resolving conflicts and building homes for the poor, to eradicating disease and championing human rights, President Carter’s impact has been felt far and wide and in 2002, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. We hear from people he worked with, as well as those wh...2023-06-2940 minThe Impact RoomNew moneyWe'd love your feedback. Let us know what you thought about this episode.Mosun Layode, Bheki Moyo, and Degan Ali discuss development funding and philanthropy in Africa.Just 14 percent of large gifts by international donors get to local NGOs in Africa, and only 9 percent of large gifts by African funders are channelled to proximate organisations, according to Bridgespan research. The rest of the money goes to governments and international NGOs.Why this happens – and what it means for on-the-ground organisations, programming, and final impact – is at the heart of this episode of The Impa...2023-05-161h 18The Impact RoomWho cares? The case for investing in the early yearsWe'd love your feedback. Let us know what you thought about this episode.Ninety percent of children's brains are developed by the age of five - yet around the world, millions of young people are missing out on adequate nutrition, care, and stimulating play, causing them to fall behind, even more they have started school.In this episode of The Impact Room, host Maysa Jalbout discusses the global crisis in early years care and asks what philanthropy and governments can - and should be - doing to fix it.Maysa is joined by...2023-04-1242 minThe Impact RoomWill we ever achieve gender equality?We'd love your feedback. Let us know what you thought about this episode.Elizabeth Tanya Masiyiwa and Neera Nundy join host Maysa Jalbout in The Impact Room to discuss gender equality and what philanthropy can do to advance its progress.The Sustainable Development Goals were launched in 2015 to eliminate extreme poverty and support sustainable and resilient development. But eight years and a global pandemic later, many of the SDGs are hanging in the balance, none more so than goal number 5, with its target of gender equality. On this, progress hasn’t jus...2023-03-0822 minThe Impact RoomJane Goodall and the power of hopeWe'd love your feedback. Let us know what you thought about this episode.Globally celebrated conservationist Dr Jane Goodall steps into The Impact Room to discuss her long career and explains why, despite being nearly 90, she still spends a large part of her time travelling the world meeting young people.Speaking to host Maysa Jalbout during a recent visit to the UAE, Dr Goodall reflects on some of the challenges she has faced during her life, why good news matters, and what gives her hope. Dr Goodall also discusses the UAE's...2023-02-2031 minThe Impact RoomInvesting for impactWe'd love your feedback. Let us know what you thought about this episode.Jacqueline Novogratz, founder and CEO of Acumen, and Myrna Atalla, executive director of Alfanar, the Middle East's first venture philanthropy organisation, join host Maysa Jalbout in The Impact Room to discuss what businesses, philanthropists, and impact investors can do to support social enterprises.A new generation of entrepreneurs are setting up mission-driven businesses to solve social problems in a sustainable way. These so-called social enterprises come in all shapes and sizes and span a variety of sectors and markets. Some...2023-01-2556 minThe Impact RoomSeason three is coming soon…We'd love your feedback. Let us know what you thought about this episode.Season three is on its way. Stand by to hear Maysa Jalbout back in conversation with philanthropists, development leaders, industry experts, and frontline organisations from around the world. Forthcoming episodes will tackle a range of topics including: social entrepreneurship and impact investing; giving with a gender lens; funding for early years education; African philanthropy; and the decolonisation of aid. Subscribe now to make sure you don't miss any new episodes.The Impact Room is produced by Philanthropy Age. For more...2023-01-1601 minThe Impact RoomShifting the power: why development dynamics need to changeWe'd love your feedback. Let us know what you thought about this episode.In this final episode of the current series of The Impact Room, Asif Saleh, executive director of BRAC, the world’s largest NGO, joins Maysa Jalbout to discuss community-led solution systems, microfinance, and climate accountability.BRAC began in 1972 as a relief organisation to support displaced people in the newly-independent Bangladesh, but in the five decades since, it has grown to become the largest – and arguably – most enterprising NGO in the world.Its programmes span povert...2022-07-1635 min
Better Angels with Sarah Brown20th Anniversary Special #3: How do you forge powerful partnerships?In the third episode of Theirworld’s 20th anniversary special, Theirworld Chair Sarah Brown talks with Motunrayo Fatoke, a Global Youth Ambassador (GYA) from Nigeria, about how forging powerful partnerships has helped to get some of the world’s most vulnerable children back into school. We also hear from Maysa Jalbout, Senior Advisor on Education in Emergencies for Theirworld, about her work supporting refugee education in Greece. She is joined by Elias Bou Saab, former Lebanese Minister of Education, who collaborated with Theirworld on the double shift school system in Lebanon, which has helped provide educat...2022-06-2127 minThe Impact RoomUNHCR chief Filippo Grandi on new solutions for refugeesWe'd love your feedback. Let us know what you thought about this episode.Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, joins Maysa Jalbout in The Impact Room to discuss new pathways to respond to the global displacement crisis as he number of forcibly displaced people around the world surpasses 100 million.Ukraine alone has generated more than six million refugee movements since the Russian invasion in February, and the knock-on effect that this has had on grain exports has triggered global food shortages, which in turn threaten to lead to widespread unrest, and...2022-06-1653 minThe Impact RoomThe TV show helping kids affected by war and displacementWe'd love your feedback. Let us know what you thought about this episode.Sesame Street has been entertaining children around the world for generations. First launched in 1969, the show was an experiment to see if television – then just an emerging technology – could be used to educate young children. Today, this unique style of education and social messaging continues to be delivered by a diverse cast of muppets – and humans – to children and caregivers across seven continents in more than a dozen different languages.In this episode of The Impact Room, we take a detailed...2022-05-2325 minThe Impact RoomThe superyacht millionaires who launched a migrant rescue missionWe'd love your feedback. Let us know what you thought about this episode.Every year, tens of thousands of migrants risk their lives attempting to cross the Mediterranean. Fleeing failed or fragile states and packed into overfilled boats, they seek a better life in Europe.Many don’t make it, either drowning en-route or being turned back by coast guards under strict orders not to assist them. In 2021 alone, more than 3,000 people drowned or were lost at sea, compared to 1,776 the previous year, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).M...2022-04-0451 minThe Impact RoomThe Indian NGO rewriting the global education playbookWe'd love your feedback. Let us know what you thought about this episode.Rukmini Banerji is CEO of India’s Pratham Education Foundation.Founded 25 years ago to teach out-of-school youngsters in the slums of Mumbai, Pratham has grown to become one of the country's largest NGOs, delivering high quality but low-cost interventions to millions of Indian children.It works directly with children and youth as well as through large-scale collaborations with government systems using mapping and data to help inform teaching approaches.Pratham's Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) has become a key benchmarking too...2022-03-0739 minThe Impact RoomUnpacking the myth of the ‘good refugee’We'd love your feedback. Let us know what you thought about this episode.In the politics of migration, refugees are either demonised as intruders or celebrated for their success. But how does this distinction of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ refugees shape public policies and perceptions? And what is the effect on those who are defined by it?In the media narratives of the west, refugees are most commonly painted as economic interlopers, with calls for ever-harsher immigration policies to keep them out. Yet, more rarely, we also see the glorifying of refugees deemed to have made good. In t...2021-12-0648 minThe Impact RoomBreaking the chains of modern slaveryWe'd love your feedback. Let us know what you thought about this episode.Are global efforts to end exploitation making progress, or are countries and campaigners failing in their fight? Three experts weigh in. More than 40 million people around the world today are thought to be enslaved, a shadow economy of coerced labour, sexual exploitation and rights abuses estimated to be generating $150bn in illegal profits a year.In recent years, there's been a surge in legislative efforts to combat slavery, alongside a rise in philanthropy-funded initiatives lobbying for change.But a...2021-09-2052 minThe Impact RoomKnowledge and power: who has it, and who owns itWe'd love your feedback. Let us know what you thought about this episode.Lisa Seitz Gruwell, chief advancement officer at the Wikimedia Foundation, talks knowledge sharing, fake news, and why Wikipedia has a bias problem. It’s the world’s go-to site for information. Founded in 2001 with the aim of creating a free online encyclopedia, Wikipedia is today the largest crowdsourced collection of free knowledge in history, with over 55 million articles in hundreds of languages, all written by volunteers. But, in an era of fake news and the explosive rise of social media, is Wi...2021-09-1527 minThe Impact RoomPrize philanthropy: who are the real winners?We'd love your feedback. Let us know what you thought about this episode.Philanthropy-backed competitions involve big money, but do they also deliver results? From the Nobels to the Pulitzer, prizes have long been used as a means to recognise extraordinary achievement - and the nonprofit sector is no exception. Today, thanks to a leap in philanthropy-backed competitions, large cheques are being written for the world's best teacher, the boldest refugee response, and ideas to solve the climate crisis, among others.But as more donors commit dollars towards prizes - and more nonprofits a...2021-09-1241 minThe Impact RoomCoding in conflict: inside the tech hub empowering Gazan youthWe'd love your feedback. Let us know what you thought about this episode.Hear from Ryan Sturgill, the former director of Gaza Sky Geeks, on the realities of running a tech hub in an occupied territory and the power of learning not to take 'no' for an answer.Palestine is a country too often associated with conflict. Home to the world’s longest-running occupation, headlines from the region tell a story of poverty, unemployment and violence. But one organisation wants to change the narrative. Gaza Sky Geeks is a startup incubator and accelerator tha...2021-08-1144 minThe Impact RoomRooting for change: solving the unemployment crisisWe'd love your feedback. Let us know what you thought about this episode.Unemployment is a global crisis. From Saudi Arabia to South America, joblessness has been described as a ticking time bomb and, in many regions, has been a trigger for civil unrest. In this episode of The Impact Room, we are joined by two women who are at the vanguard of finding new solutions to this complex problem.Mona Mourshed is the founding CEO of Generation: You Employed, a global organisation dedicated to solving joblessness by creating pathways from e...2021-08-0942 minThe Impact RoomPhilanthropy and the last mile of disease eliminationWe'd love your feedback. Let us know what you thought about this episode.Ellen Agler is CEO of the END Fund, a philanthropy-backed initiative working to bring an end to the five most common neglected tropical diseases. She joins the Impact Room to talk progress, pooled giving, and the decolonisation of global health. Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect more than 1.7 billion of the world’s poorest people, blighting communities from Africa to the Americas. These diseases blind, maim and disfigure their victims, keeping children out of school, adults out of work, and trapping families in pov...2021-08-0832 min
The Impact RoomComing soon! The Impact RoomWe'd love your feedback. Let us know what you thought about this episode.The Impact Room is a new space to connect people and ideas that make a real difference to our world. Step inside to hear stories of success and failure from a host of global guests, all working to solve some of the world’s most intractable development challenges. From youth unemployment and internet freedom, to modern slavery, neglected tropical diseases and much more, the Impact Room is a new space to connect people and ideas that make a real difference to our worl...2021-07-0600 minBetter Angels with Sarah BrownInternational Women's Day 2021 SpecialIn this episode, we hear some highlights from Theirworld's International Women's Day event and speak with some of the event's attendees about girls’ education and gender equality Theirworld hosted its 7th annual International Women’s Day event on Thursday 4 March - but went virtual for the first time ever, due to Covid-19. Covid-19 has put the issue of girls’ education firmly in the spotlight. Now more than ever, it’s important that we come together to hear from those who are campaigning to break down the barriers facing girls and discuss how we can act to unlock...2021-03-0854 minBetter Angels with Sarah BrownRefugee education in Greek islands specialRefugee camps in Greece remain overcrowded and unhygienic beyond imagination, but until Covid-19 struck new education centres were a daily lifeline for children who had fled conflict and persecution, many arriving after perilous journeys from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq. This episode provides a glimpse into life in those camps and talks to the team behind Theirworld’s new report that offers a way forward out of the refugee education crisis. Sarah talks to organisations making a difference there, and to two refugees who shed their personal light on what those on the islands are going through. ...2020-04-2900 min
The Brookings CafeteriaHow universities can help tackle global challengesThe world faces a range of challenges, including increasing numbers of refugees, income inequality, loss of fertile land leading to rising hunger, and climate change. Governments and global institutions are addressing these problems using a variety of tools. On today's show, Maysa Jalbout explains the role that universities can play in addressing these challenges. She is a nonresident fellow in Global Economy and Development at Brookings, and is a visiting scholar and special adviser on the UN Sustainable Development Goals at both Arizona State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Subscribe to Brookings podcasts or , send feedback email to , and...2019-11-2926 min
When Women WinMaysa Jalbout on The Future of Education & PhilanthropyMaysa Jalbout is the founding CEO of the Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education - a landmark philanthropic initiative with a budget of $1 billion and an ambitious goal of educating 15,000 youth within 10 years. Forbes recognized her as one of the 100 most powerful businesswomen in the Arab world in 2016 and 2017. In her capacity as Non-resident Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC, Jalbout's extensive regional and international experience has also allowed her to produce highly visible research and thought leadership strategies in several fields of education. In this episode we tackled several big questions around...2018-02-0548 min
The Brookings CafeteriaWhy girls’ education is the world’s best investment, senior fellow and director of the Center for Universal Education at Brookings, discusses her new book (co-authored with Gene Sperling and Christina Kwauk) "" (Brookings Institution Press, 2015).
“Girls’ education really is quite unique in terms of interventions you can do," she says. "Not because it’s a silver bullet; there are no such things as silver bullets. But, certainly in developing country contexts, it has so many high returns across such a wide variety of areas important for society.”
In this podcast, Winthrop walks us through the evolution of girls’ education and how “Twenty-five years ago, girls’ education was an issue in every singl...2015-12-2221 min