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How to Make Your Contribution Count: Thoughts from GiveWell
Over at the GiveWell blog, they’ve been asking some difficult but incredibly important questions about international aid projects. Back in July, they explored the goal of sustainability. Like GiveWell, we’ve noticed that sustainability is more and more often included as a requirement from funders yet it often remains vaguely defined and difficult to quantify. VillageReach decided [...]
VillageReach rated as top charity by GiveWell!
We are excited to annouce that VillageReach has been rated as a top charity by GiveWell. GiveWell is an independent, nonprofit charity evaluator- founded by two ex-hedge-fund analysts, GiveWell brings a metrics-based business mentality to the table with their rigorous and thorough analysis of charities.
It is incredibly refreshing to be asked about more than just our overhead [...]
Why is a Social Enterprise required in the VillageReach Model?
We all know that operation of any health center requires a variety of external inputs- energy, transport/logistics (delivery services), and communications systems to name a few. In wealthy countries, these services would normally be provided by the commercial sector. In focusing efforts on the “last mile,” however, any and all of these commercial services are [...]
The Innovation Pile-Up: Key Players
So who is paying attention to medical distribution systems and more specifically to the innovation pile-up we highlighted in the last post?
There are 4 main categories of players: Governments, NGOs, multi-lateral organizations (WHO, UNICEF) and public-private alliances. While there are many, many important and interesting stakeholders in the field, the most interesting evolution over the last decade has [...]
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