April 30, 2017
ACCRA, Ghana – Reach for Change and the IKEA Foundation announced a new partnership that will help 120 outstanding entrepreneurs in Ethiopia develop social enterprises that improve the health, education and protection of children in Africa’s second most populous country. IKEA Foundation and @R4C_Africa join forces to help 84,000 children in #Ethiopia through social enterprise! #socent
A major commitment to be phased in over 10 years Largest commitment of its kind by a private foundation An effort to help advance the broader marketplace for impact investing Resulting MRI investments will initially focus on affordable housing, financial services “The next generation of innovation in philanthropic impact” NEW YORK / 5 April
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