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How Collaboratives in India Partner With Government to Support Systems Change

These four learnings showcase the strengths of collaboratives—and can help others increase the odds of successful government partnerships.

Specialty Health Care Through Local Pharmacies

By Nachiket Mor

A partnership-based, digital health care platform in India is connecting medical specialists to patients who lack access to appropriate care.

Podcast

The Challenges Facing Humanitarian Aid Groups Right Now

Featuring Bob Kitchen, Harriet Carvalho & Barbara Wheeler-Bride

What’s the impact of recent funding cuts to humanitarian aid? How are organizations reorganizing their critical work with vulnerable communities? Bob Kitchen of the International Rescue Committee and Harriet Carvalho of DAFGiving360 join SSIR editor Barbara Wheeler-Bride to discuss the Trump administration’s unprecedented cuts to foreign aid and how donors can respond. A sponsored podcast developed with the support of DAFgiving360

Saving Lost Souls

By Puja Changoiwala

Shraddha Rehabilitation Foundation rescues wanderers from India’s streets, treating them for their mental illnesses and reuniting them with their families.

From Unpaid to Unstoppable: The Rise of the Professional Community Health Worker Movement

By Sheringham Odhiambo, Madeleine Ballard, Ben Pyne & Kathryn Harrison 5

Health coalitions did the research, coordinated with donors, and secured strong government buy-in. Now, community health workers are finally getting the credit—and pay—they deserve.

Orchestrators of Change and the Journey to Transformation

This follow-up to “Social Innovation and the Journey to Transformation,” sponsored by the Skoll Foundation, explores how bold social innovators shift systems through collective action. The series offers adaptable playbooks for social innovators, partners, and funders to learn from and apply to their work.