http://riidblog.org/Recent content in Philanthropy on RIIDblogHugo -- gohugo.ioenSat, 19 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000http://riidblog.org/post/19-04-2025/Sat, 19 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000http://riidblog.org/post/19-04-2025/Robert Cote, Basilio Monteiro Phd<p><a href="http://riidblog.org/img/Phil.png"><img src="http://riidblog.org/img/Phil.png" alt="Universal Philantropy"></a></p> <p>Reconciliation as a critical component of peacebuilding project usually does not get prioritized; to imagine reconciliation in tandem with philanthropy will sound preposterous to many. Let us re-imagine: “money” is the mover and shaker of everything, big and small, of significant and insignificant. Everything is a commodity which necessitates monetary transaction of high-significant or low-significant value. Use of money is a symbolic manifestation of the meaningfulness, commitment and engagement we attribute to any activity we engage in, whether material, emotional or intellectual. Peacebuilding is a lifetime ever-evolving project with many components to ti, some very visible, others are not visible, some demonstrable, others very subtle, but crucial linchpins.</p>