Asia Philanthropy Circle

24/05/2025

⏰ In this new opinion piece for Devex, Laurence Lien reflects on the impact of the withdrawal and broader decline of —and what this means for Asia’s civil society and philanthropic future:

🔹 𝗨𝗦 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁—supporting everything from disease eradication to human rights.
🔹 𝗛𝗼𝘄𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. With donor priorities shifting, must prepare for a future that is more self-reliant, collaborative, and locally driven.
🔹 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 to come together to strengthen the region’s ecosystem—before the next crisis strikes.

↘️ 𝚁̲𝚎̲𝚊̲𝚍̲ ̲𝚝̲𝚑̲𝚎̲ ̲𝚏̲𝚞̲𝚕̲𝚕̲ ̲𝚊̲𝚛̲𝚝̲𝚒̲𝚌̲𝚕̲𝚎̲ ̲𝚑̲𝚎̲𝚛̲𝚎̲:
https://www.devex.com/news/opinion-as-foreign-aid-recedes-asia-must-lead-its-own-development-future-110080

The end of the foreign aid era is an opportunity for Asian philanthropy to drive a collaborative, locally led development model.

24/05/2025

LOOK: EDCOM 2 - The Second Congressional Commission on Education Co-Chairpersons Senator Win Gatchalian and Rep. Roman Romulo, together with Standing Committee for ECCD member Rina Lopez, Executive Director Dr. Karol Mark Yee, and former Commissioners and TESDA Secretary Kiko Benitez and DepEd Philippines Secretary Sonny Angara sat down with the Asia Philanthropy Circle (APC) to discuss targeted measures to address the country's issues in Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD).

The members of APC who hosted the roundtable discussion were Fernando Zobel de Ayala of Ayala Foundation, Inc., Carol Tan, Deputy CEO of APC, Austere Panadero of the Zuellig Family Foundation, Amaya Aboitiz of RAFI - Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc., and Ms. Rina Lopez of Knowledge Channel Foundation, Inc..

The discussion centered around how to achieve the ideal state of ECCD in the Philippines, the challenges that limit this goal, and how might we align the public sector and philanthropic partnerships to solve the issues in ECCD.

The APC is a platform for Asian philanthropists to jointly grow the impact of their philanthropy and to catalyze Asian philanthropy.