Giving and Volunteering in the Americas
Spring 2002 | Volume I, Number 3
Table of Contents
Editor’s Letter →
by June Carolyn Erlick
Community Based Programs
Andean Traditions of Giving
In Andean tales, the fox is always the central figure, a hero who is never wins, but who is also never defeated either. His comings and goings stretch from mythical times to colonial history …
Puerto Rico Community Foundation
Not-for-profit housing, teacher training, and leadership training are philanthropic goals throughout much of the Americas. At the Puerto Rico Community Foundation, we seek to achieve …
Migrant Philanthropy in Latin America
When we think of philanthropy in the United States, we might think of the photographs of the rich and famous attending fundraising dinners that appear on the society pages of The New York Times …
Corporate Social Responsibility
Social Responsibility in Latin America
Effective involvement in social issues is essential to business, both in the United States and Latin America. In recent years, most-although certainly not everyone-increasingly agree that business …
Social Enterprise Knowledge Network
When you think of how to improve the lives of the poor in Latin America, you might first think of food, education, and health. However, one of the most pressing needs–even if not as obvious–is …
Philanthropy In Mexico
Philanthropy. It is defined in the New Expanded Webster’s Dictionary as the love of man or of mankind; benevolence towards the whole human family. And a philanthropist one who exerts himself …
Corporate Philanthropy
Is it the government or the philanthropist that should lead the way in combating poverty? It’s an old debate, with special relevance for today’s Latin America. In his Memoir on Pauperism (1835) …
Focus on Brazil
Brazil’s Comunidade Solidária
In a dynamic, complex and unequal society such as Brazil, processes of change may take a while to mature but once unleashed they tend to move forward at an accelerated pace….
Philanthropy In Brazil
Brazil’s culture of philanthropy developed during the 19th and the 20th centuries, ranging from the contributions of immigrant industrialists through the establishment of charitable hospitals …
On Corporate Giving and Philanthropy in Brazil
Brazil’s culture of philanthropy developed during the 19th and the 20th centuries, ranging from the contributions of immigrant industrialists through the establishment of charitable hospitals …
GIFE: Strengthening Civil Society
Brazilian philanthropy is not a new phenomenon. Since the Portuguese colonized Brazil as a Catholic community in the 1500s, charities have been present from the very beginning of its history. …
ETHOS: Corporate Social Responsibility
Love for sweet milk fudge, alone, don’t explain the fact that, on an average, every Brazilian is waiting for treatment for almost five dental problems each. These dental problems are a much more serious …
Giving and Volunteering
Youth Orchestra of the Americas
The brass blazed and the strings soared as the excitement grew among the 350 young musicians from two continents. Only three days before, musicians from the New England Conservatory …
Transparencia
When citizens throughout the world cast their votes be it in a presidential, congressional or municipal election they are exercising a fundamental right and responsibility: to participate in …
Soccer And Youth Leadership In Peru
It ‘s Sunday at 2 p.m. in Lima, Peru. My friends and I meet to go to the stadium, as we always do on weekends. Nobody has watches or wallets, only the white and blue striped t-shirts we have …
Option Colombia
While many Colombians are desperate to escape the bombings and kidnappings that have ripped into daily life here, others want to stay, roll up their sleeves and make a difference….
Chile’s Hogar de Cristo
Brazil’s culture of philanthropy developed during the 19th and the 20th centuries, ranging from the contributions of immigrant industrialists through the establishment of charitable hospitals …
Roots of Philanthropy in Latin America
The Societies Of St. Vincent De Paul In Mexico
The Mexican volunteers established institutions such as schools, shelters, soup kitchens, lending libraries, and credit unions for the urban poor. They pioneered adult education and helped …
Peruvian Philanthropy
English + Español
Mothers’ clubs, volunteer groups, corporate social outreach, school organizations, and even glass of milk committees? comités de vaso de leche permeate today’s Latin American philanthropic landscape …
Thinking on Philanthropy
Program on Philanthropy
Harvard’s David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) and the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations have combined forces to establish the Program on Philanthropy …
New directions in Latin American
It was in Amsterdam in the winter of 1978 when I first came into contact with an animal that would later become a monster with multiple heads. It was a time of exile and hundreds of people were …
Latin American Philanthropy in Changing Times
When I first moved to Latin America fresh out of college in 1981, I was filled with ideals about working for human rights and social justice, like many of my generation. If anyone had suggested …
Miscellaneous
Photoessay: Hurricane Mitch and Disaster
Hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and volcano eruptions are all natural disasters that strike Latin America with tragic frequency. They can bring out the worst in the society-corruption, looting, greed. …
Guest Introduction: Giving and Volunteering in The Americas
While philanthropy in Latin America is still in evolution, institutionalized private philanthropy is a growing and increasingly significant reality. In every country a culturally specific concept and term …
En Español
Obras de Infraestructura Básica de Fácil Ejecución a través de la Autogestión
En el Ecuador rural y en las zonas citadinas marginales, la carencia de servicios básicos se ha convertido en un mal endémico no resuelto hasta …
Responsabilidad Social Empresarial: Algunos Hechos Que Cuentan
La Responsabilidad Social Corporativa (RSC) es una temática más bien nueva en Chile. Aún cuando se encuentran acciones filantrópicas desde tiempos de la colonia, la relación de la …
Algunos Casos en Chile
Un caso fue José Tomás Urmeneta, un empresario del siglo XIX quien, en un momento de auge del sector agroexportador chileno, en su testamento dejó asignados recursos para …
Coming and Goings
Comings and Goings: A New Presence in the Region
Among the sayings attributed to Yogi Berra is: “Predictions are very difficult, especially if it’s about the future!” No one, therefore, can project with certainty the next phase of world …
Afterword
Afterword: Philanthropy for Global Equity
Among the sayings attributed to Yogi Berra is: “Predictions are very difficult, especially if it’s about the future!” No one, therefore, can project with certainty the next phase of world …