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...
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...
Almost every voluntary organization faces the challenge of getting their stories published in the media. Much too often, when an event is organized, what gets published is not the event or stories related to the event, but the view of the attending VIP on some recent controversial issue. Thus an event that we feel deserves...
Here is the most exciting happening that many young artists looking for, it is NAMA ART COMPETITION 2021, an open competition which is being held in conjunction with the Nama International Conference and Exhibition 2021 (NICX2021). It is a unique opportunity for young artists from different countries and as well a platform to showcase their...
A strong brand and strategic non-profit communications are essential to the health of any social impact organization. A decade ago, the dominant brand paradigm in the non-profit sector focused on communications. Branding was a tool for managing the external perceptions of an organization, a subject for the communications, fundraising, and marketing.In contrast, the emerging paradigm...
All too many of our current societal challenges —such as the environment, health care, and poverty—are complex, whether on a local, national, or international scale. Yet all too often we approach these issues with linear and even siloed solutions that aren’t sufficient to address the problems at the scale at which they exist.Successful outcomes from...
Every choice we make – what to buy, who to work with, where to go for vacation and which organization to donate to – is informed, at least in part, by how we feel. That’s why when we listen to effective communicators, we’re unlikely to hear long, dry, fact-heavy lectures. What we’re likely to hear...
“Grand Launching of the Mobile Lab PCR Test for COVID-19 Biosafety Level (BSL) 2”, on 28 January 2021, Indonesia.Mobile Lab PCR Test COVID-19 (BSL) 2 is the result of collaboration between the NAMA Foundation, Human Initiative, Provincial Government of DKI Jakarta, and Agile Innovation Labs (Ai-Labs). This cooperation includes the procurement of three units of...
