AKFC Seminars on Innovative Financing for Development – final event

Aga Khan Foundation Canada (AKFC) – in partnership with Carleton University’s School of Public Policy and Administration – is delighted to invite you to the fourth and final event in the AKFC Seminars on Innovative Financing for Development:

Local Assets, Local Needs:
Community Philanthropy in Action

Decades of traditional philanthropy geared towards alleviating poverty have made a difference in countless lives, but billions of people still lack a clear path towards improving their quality of life. To address these issues at home and abroad, some communities are mobilizing local resources as a strategy for lifting people and communities out of poverty. Also known as community philanthropy, this approach works at the grass-roots level by raising capital from local stakeholders to be directed to those in the community with the greatest needs, or to causes that benefit the community as a whole.

Speakers include: Janet Mawiyoo, Chief Executive Officer, Kenya Community Development Foundation; Victoria Grant, Interim Director, The Circle on Philanthropy and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada; Nick Deychakiwsky, Program Officer, Mott Foundation; and Natalie Ross, Program Officer, Aga Khan Foundation, USA.

We hope you will join us:

Tuesday, June 4, 2013
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
The Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat
199 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1N 1K6

Please note that there is no parking at the Delegation. Street parking is available nearby, on Boteler Street, Dalhousie Street, Parent Avenue, and Bolton Street. Please take care to respect all posted parking regulations. The Delegation has visitor entrances on Sussex Drive and Boteler Street.

To attend this event in person or watch the live webcast,
click here to register.

This event is part of the AKFC Seminars on Innovative Financing for Development, a sustained series of events and other learning materials that explore strategies for financing international development in ways that complement traditional donor-based initiatives. Please visit akfc.ca/ifd to learn more, and to watch webcasts from our first three events on: impact investing; new approaches in microfinance and new financing tools for early human development. Also look for upcoming additional web-only content on innovative financing!

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 Undertaken with financial support of the Government of Canada provided through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).