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What is Impact Sourcing and Why It Can Help the Refugee Crisis

By Jon Browning, Co-Founder of the Global Impact Sourcing Coalition and CEO of Global Mentorship Initiative

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GMI Founder and CEO Jon Browning with the first student cohort – South Africa, 2019. Photo: GMI

The refugee crisis isn’t going away, and though assisting with basic needs or helping one refugee at a time helps, there are broader solutions available.

More companies are committed to hiring refugees and providing career development opportunities tailored to their needs. This process, called “impact sourcing,” supports groups with limited prospects for formal employment and is an important way companies can champion diversity, equity and inclusion.

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Pangea Giving 2024 Grants Announced!

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FORTUNE site visit, 2024, Thailand. Photo: Emily Ho

Each year, Pangea Giving evaluates current and potential grant partners for new funding to be provided. This March, Pangea awarded 17 grant partners a combined total of $118,100! The grant pool is divided into regions including East Africa, Latin America, and SE Asia. Pangea members cultivate relationships with grant partners over several months, or more often over years of continuous partnership. Often, partners are referred by trusted advisors in the region or other grantees. Pangea does not take unsolicited grant requests.

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Pangea Giving 2024 SE Asia Site Visit Report

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Visit with FORTUNE school, Thailand. Photo: Emily Ho

Periodically, Pangea Giving “Pod” committees, composed of members interested in a particular geographic area, organize site visits to meet with existing grantees and prospective new grantees. The purpose of the site visits is to observe the grantees’ work, talk with organization leaders, and evaluate first-hand the viability of a renewed grant. Additionally, site visit teams try to identify, and if possible meet with the leaders of prospective new grantees

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