Malaysia and many other countries have been experiencing huge floods. Massive flood struck (December 2014) the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia caused by heavy rain, overflowing rivers and unusual high tide from South China Sea. The worst floods in Malaysia for decades left more than thousands of homes destroyed and forced over 200,000 people to...
The term ‘governance’ comes from the Greek verb κυβερνάω [kubernáo], meaning ‘to steer’. Every institution, be it public, private, or third sector, needs governance to function. There are formalized forms of governance, and the most formalized one is the ‘government’. NGOs also need good governance for effective functioning, growth and sustainability. The principles of good...
There is an opinion among Western scholars that the institution of waqf could no longer perform its economic role in the present times. Instead of being a vital institution as it truly played in the pre-modern era, waqf nowadays seems to be an impediment to the development in Muslim countries. However, there are proven cases...
The UN 2030 Agenda and the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) stress the importance of equal access to quality education for all children and youth, regardless of legal status. Yet refugees are enrolled in education at far lower rates than other children and youth, especially in Malaysia. NAMA is collaborating with UNHCR Malaysia to share the...
The world is facing an unprecedented challenge with communities and economies everywhere affected by the growing COVID-19 pandemic. Community leaders, practitioners, and academicians are constantly coming up with new ideas, trial and error experience, designed solutions, and, in most cases, are the ones who implement them without any avenue to share their success and best...
Join us in this NAMA Talk series on Innovation in FundRaising, and take home practical knowledge and tips! The session is being conducted in hybrid. However in-person participants are limited to 30 people and it is a first come first served basis. To those attending in-person you will have added advantages:-– You will have a chance...
