(March 25, 2020) - As they work to serve the most vulnerable people, community services are encountering operational worries and concerns about lost fundraising revenue. Community foundations are in a unique position of understanding the needs in their area, and some are responding quickly to mitigate the damage and support social infrastructure. Rick Frost is the CEO of … [Read more...] about Feature Interview, Rick Frost, CEO, Winnipeg Foundation: ‘This is clearly not an endowment situation’
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Community services in peril as leading community foundations seek to fill the gaps
(March 25, 2020) - As community organizations across the country are struggling to deal with the vulnerable people they serve, managers are facing fear, staff shortages, and the uncertainty of how long their work can continue. “I’m operating with a bare minimum of staff,” says Carol Latchford, executive director of the Red Door Shelter in downtown Toronto. The … [Read more...] about Community services in peril as leading community foundations seek to fill the gaps
As the civil war in Syria enters its tenth year, we interview UNICEF Canada CEO David Morley
(March 18, 2020) Gail: We've seen nine years of a brutal war in Syria. UNHCR casualty estimates are well above the half-million mark. Years of continuous fighting has left 6.6 million people displaced internally, and another 5.6 million displaced around the world. The conflict has been long, and drawn out. International aid organizations have criticized all sides at one … [Read more...] about As the civil war in Syria enters its tenth year, we interview UNICEF Canada CEO David Morley
Crisis in Syria: “How we measure this global failure”
(March 18, 2020) For the people of Syria, the civil war that started almost exactly nine years ago marked the most destructive outcome of the so-called Arab Spring. This series of social media fuelled uprisings moved like a careening serpent throughout the Arab world in 2010 and 2011. Street protests began in Tunisia in 2010 and spread to Libya, Egypt, Syria and … [Read more...] about Crisis in Syria: “How we measure this global failure”