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Cross Border CHina aFriCa CHina

A World
of Worthy
Causes TeaCHer
TalenT
Here are seven examples of in CHina aFriCa WOMen’s
causes funded by the Jack neTpreneur sOCCer
Ma Foundation. Only one, Ten-year programme to train and
women’s soccer in China, develop teachers in rural China prize in CHina
is not wholly funded by the iniTiaTive
foundation. The other six Funding: spOnsOrs:
alipay Foundation,
have received an estimated $45 MilliOn a total of 100 african jack Ma Foundation
total of $212 million, entrepreneurs will receive $100 and joe Tsai Foundation
million over ten years. nigerian
either pledged or already medical supply startup lifeBank a partnership of three
foundations to support the
distributed. The year won the top prize among ten development of women’s soccer
contestants in an award
when each initiative was ceremony held in november in China over ten years
launched is at the bottom
of the column Funding: Funding:
ausTralia $100 MilliOn $143 MilliOn
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Middle easT
CHina

Ma & MOrley
sCHOlarsHip,
universiTy OF
neWCasTle Queen rania
rural The scholarship is named after FOundaTiOn
newcastle resident australian
WeTland
eduCaTiOn Ken Morley (who died in 2004). run by Jordan’s Queen rania, prOTeCTiOn
Ma first met Morley in 1980 in
the foundation got $3 million to
Hangzhou, and they had a
in CHina decades-long friendship. The support educational initiatives in
scholarship helps 20 students the Middle east, including The funds will go for research
a ten-year programme to train each year with expenses, while edraak, a free online education and protection of the Xixi
headmasters and educational another 10 get a 12-day platform offered by the national Wetland park in
leaders in rural China immersion programme in China foundation Hangzhou
Funding: Funding: Funding: Funding:
$30 MilliOn $20 MilliOn $3 MilliOn $14 MilliOn

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