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Social Purpose Organisations Amount US$ Funders / Resource Providers Cause Beneficiary Region Type of Support Date of Deal Notes (Non-profits and Social Enterprises) (Financial Only) ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation, Inc. turned over the new 1-unit 2- ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation, classroom building of Capehan Elementary School in Capihan, Libona, Bukidnon 1 Capehan Elementary School Education Children and Youths Philippines Non-Financial: Operational Management 7 Sep 2018 Inc.(ALKFI) that will benefit three hundred sixty two (362) students. Bukidnon was one of the affected areas of Typhoon Sendong in 2011. ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Operation Sagip recently turned-over 1-unit 2- classroom building in Ortega Integrated School in Libacao, Aklan. The classrooms ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation, were built by 552nd Engineering Battalion of Philippine Army together with local 2 Ortega Integrated School Education Children and Youths Philippines Non-Financial: Operational Management 18-Sep-18 Inc. (ALKFI) volunteers, in coordination with the 301st Infantry Brigade, 3ID, Philippine Army. The construction of the classrooms is part of Operation Sagip’s Yolanda rehabilitation efforts. Through the donations, ALFKI's Operation Sagip, together with ABS CBN News Public Service, ABS CBN Regional and local partners, already reached 6,865 ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation, 3 Benguet and Cagayan provinces Other Other Philippines Non-Financial: Operational Management 20-Sep-18 families or 34,325 individuals affected by Typhoon Ompong with relief packs in Inc. (ALKFI) Benguet and Cagayan, including more than 200 families with totally damaged houses. Seven barangays of with a total population of 3,202 will benefit from the new ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation, 4 Barangay Heath Stations Health People with Medical Needs Philippines Non-Financial: Operational Management 21 Aug 2018 Barangay Heath Station equipped with a birthing facility at Brgy. Malino, Jiabong, Inc. (ALKFI) Samar. ALKFI's Bantay Bata 163 Laguna in partnership with Cargill Philippines recently ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation, held its Community Feeding Graduation Ceremony in Southville 7, Calauan, 5 Community Feeding in Southville Health Children and Youths Philippines Non-Financial: Operational Management 23 Aug 2018 Inc. (ALKFI), Cargill Philippines Laguna. 120 feeding beneficiaries graduated and successfully attained the desire normal weight for their age. A memorandum of understanding was signed between Bangladesh Brand Forum Access to Information (a2i) Programme, and a2i (Access to Information) with a vision to ensure growth and value addition 6 Bangladesh Brand Forum Employability Children and Youths Bangladesh Non-Financial: Operational Management 9 Sep 2018 Prime Minister’s Office of youth countrywide. Sustainable brands can emerge through creative advertisement and communication to build up trust of consumers. Six digital centers have been established to ensure easy, fast, and low-cost access to public and private services for RMG workers in Gazipur, and fisheries Access to Information (a2i) Programme, workers in Khulna, for one year. From these digital centers, they will receive more 7 RMG workers in Gazipur district Financial Services People in Poverty Bangladesh Non-Financial: Operational Management 17 Aug 2018 Prime Minister's Office, and USAID than 150 public and private services, as well as financial inclusion services, quickly and at a lower cost. They will be able to buy and sell more than 500,000 different products online through agent banking and rural e-commerce 'ekShop'. Action Aid International with local partners have installed 30 toilets and 60 bathing Water, Sanitation and spaces for women and girls. Dignity kits, which include bathroom essentials and a 8 Action Aid International Rohingya camp Women and Girls Myanmar Non-Financial: Operational Management 22 Aug 2018 Hygiene solar lantern so they may go to the restroom at night safely, have been given to 40,466 Rohingya women and girls. Relief material being distributed to affected families in Korangatti and Pettimudi 9 Action Aid International Korangatti and Pettimudi camps Other Other India Non-Financial: Operational Management 24 Aug 2018 camps at Adimali Panchayat in Idukki district with support from Care Today, an initiative of India Today Group. ActionAid and local partners have been helping Rohingya refugees suffering from landslides and flood prone areas, move to better accommodations as they 10 Action Aid International Rohingya refugees Other People in Poverty Bangladesh Non-Financial: Operational Management 24 Aug 2018 stabilize flooded areas. 90 families have been provided with emergency shelter tents. Agensi Inovasi Malaysia (AIM) recently launched its Genosis Programme training Agensi Inovasi Malaysia, Genovasi 10 schools, School Improvement Specialist Coaches 11 Education Children and Youths Malaysia Non-Financial: Operational Management 16 Aug 2018 module for the programme’s main trainers as well as its customised courses for Foundation, Ministry of Education (SISC+), Institute of Teacher Education Malaysia Form 1 teachers. Ambuja Cement has been reaching out to the affected families in the flood- ravaged Kerala by mobilising the essential relief materials like hygiene kits, bed sheets, blankets, clothing and other similar products, thus facilitating them to 12 Ambuja Cements Limited Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation Other Other India Non-Financial: Others 30 Aug 2018 rebuild their lives. The not-for-profit organisation Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation too, through Ambuja Cement, has been participating in the ongoing relief and rehabilitation efforts. Myanmar-focused private equity firm Anthem Asia has hit the first close of its debut vehicle – Myanmar SME Venture Fund – with $34.5 million in commitments Anthem Asia, IFC, the Dutch Good Growth from IFC, the Dutch Good Growth Fund, and CDC Group plc. Anthem Asia's fund 13 Myanmar SME Venture Fund Financial Services Other Myanmar Financial: Equity 34,500,000.00 31 Aug 2018 Fund, and CDC Group plc would favour asset-light businesses serving primarily domestic demand in such sectors as agri-business, business & financial services, education & training, food & beverage, healthcare, logistics, and marketing communications. Social Purpose Organisations Amount US$ Funders / Resource Providers Cause Beneficiary Region Type of Support Date of Deal Notes (Non-profits and Social Enterprises) (Financial Only) In partnership with a local telecom, the team has developed and deployed a GSM Community Cellular Network in rural Philippines to bridge ‘last mile’ connectivity 14 APNIC Foundation University of the Philippines Other People in Poverty Philippines Financial: Prize Money 3,500.00 11 Sep 2018 issues in isolated and relatively poor communities. As of 2017, they have also begun deploying them in partnership with local NGOs, primarily cooperatives, to provide basic cellular services to subscribers. This initiative has successfully supported female community leaders (aged between 16-20) through the ‘Tech Age Girls’ program from community libraries 15 APNIC Foundation Myanmar Book Aid and Preservation Foundation Education Women and Girls Myanmar Financial: Prize Money 3,500.00 11 Sep 2018 that have been playing a key role in digital inclusion and gender equality in Myanmar. The finalists are selected to implement their own community projects ideas to support their communities. This network measurement research aims to show current and past Internet censorship and network interference in media, political criticism, religion, gender and social media networks in South East Asian economies using network monitoring nodes around the region. There will also be a pilot gender gap social 16 APNIC Foundation Sinar Project Other Other Malaysia Financial: Grants 20,000.00 11 Sep 2018 audit conducted for a marginalized urban community in Malaysia to research and measure non-technical gaps in Internet access such as affordability, Internet literacy, knowledge or rights, and accessibility and availability of gender-related content. This project aims to deploy a Software-Defined IXP and training programs for IXP development in Pakistan to assist operators to enable new applications such as application-specific testing, traffic redirection through middleboxes, and inbound 17 APNIC Foundation Lahore University of Management Sciences – LUMS Other Other Pakistan Financial: Grants 30,000.00 11 Sep 2018 traffic engineering. While the project centres on a Pakistan IXP, it will eventually be made available to other least developed economies in the region. Another benefit of the project will see costs associated with IXPs reduced via automatic configuration management and dynamic policy assignment. This project seeks to deploy the first locally-owned and operated handset to support LTE networks in the world to rural Papua, Indonesia, using low-cost 18 APNIC Foundation Yayasan Noken Baliem Mandiri Other People in Poverty Indonesia Financial: Grants 23,000 11 Sep 2018 eNodeBs and a custom developed enhanced packet core. YNBM was granted a special experimental cellular license to explore this new rural access technology in Indonesia by the Indonesian Telecom Ministry. Given Bhutan’s challenging physical environment and Internet connectivity issues, 19 APNIC Foundation NANO Other People in Poverty Bhutan Financial: Grants 30,000 11 Sep 2018 this project aims to explore the feasibility and suitability of TV white space technology as an alternative broadband option