Philanthropy is a reflection of the society in which it finds itself. In a context marked by accelerating globalization and intensification of international migrations, an important portion of donations circulates within the sociocultural pathways created by these migratory fluxes. In fact, the power of the social connection which unites migrants to their homeland communities is often impervious to geographic distance, with the institutionalization of mutual aid within diasporas being the proof. This represents a significant redistribution of wealth towards members of the community who need it most. Philanthropy of diasporas is a means of resource allocation, including financial, that greatly contributes to international development and allows for migrants to maintain their solidarity with the community in which they were born.
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- La philanthropie en Afrique : cas de l’Égypte, du Kenya, de l’Afrique du Sud, du Mozambique et du Ghana, research paper #20, PhiLab: Montréal, 2018. By Honoré Gbedan, PhiLab student (summary available in English)
- PhiLab interviews: Jean-Raymon Momo, Presdient of the Club des petits déjeuners africains (CAPD) by Lynda Rey, PhiLab member
- Humanitarian aid at the whim of predators in the DRC by Valentin Migabo Nshurani, PhiLab student (International).
- PhiLab Interviews: The path to autonomy is on location. Isabelle Thibault, Executive Director of the KANPE Foundation, by Diane Alalouf-Hall, PhiLab student (East)
- PhiLab Interviews: KBF Canada Foundation, contributing to a borderless philanthropy. Benoit Fontaine, director of the KBF Canada Foundation, by David Grant-Poitras, PhiLab student (East).
- Une coopération Québec-Haïti innovante en agroalimentaire: L’économie sociale et solidaire en mouvement, under the direction Christian Jetté (PhiLab member) and Yves Vaillancourt (Available in French only)
- PhiLab Interviews: Kerlande Mibel, présidente-fondatrice du Forum économique International des Noirs, by Lynda Rey, Dec. 2018
- Mass Philanthropy and Social Media: From the “Ice Bucket Challenge” to the International Humanitarian Crisis (2018), by Diane Alalouf-Hall, PhiLab student (East)
- PhiLibrary – December 2018: Philanthropy and diaspora.