Corporate Citizenship
Catalyst is dedicated to double-bottom-line accountability and the attainment of both our strategic financial and community development objectives. As part of our corporate citizenship strategy, we would like to highlight some of our initiatives in this area.
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Natasha Goulbourn Foundation
Catalyst is supporting the Natasha Goulbourn Foundation (NGF) in their fundraising efforts.
NGF greeting cards are now available showcasing the beautiful photography of Giampiero Gastaldi and Pierre-Emmanuel Michel. Proceeds of all greeting card sales will fund the NGF Gabay-Komunidad Program which aims to educate the public on depression awareness and suicide prevention, provide counseling – through phone and crisis hotlines, a diagnosis and treatment referral program, counseling workshops for public school teachers, health workers and community leaders, church and youth sectors. As always, NGF is looking for sponsors. Feel free to contact them directly at the information listed on their website. With your compassion and generosity, you will help save lives through promotion of an enhanced understanding of depression.
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Helping the Poor with Microfinance
Microfinance leverages a portion of our profits as catalytic debt to help marginalized groups break the vicious cycle of inter-generational poverty and to enable those in need help themselves to create a better life.
In 2008, Catalyst launched a microfinance perpetual fund in the form of unsecured loans to micro-entrepreneurs throughout Asia. As of December 2010, Catalyst's portfolio extends across Cambodia, Indonesia, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Vietnam. See our PORTFOLIO DISTRIBUTION.
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Emerging Leader Program
Catalyst uses a portion of our profits to sponsor under-privileged students in developing countries in pursuing higher education. We invest in future leaders and provide them with the financial assistance they need in completing a grade school-, high school- and university-level education .
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