In all their best interests
Katrina Scaife examines the learning and vision of how an NGO and a bank worked together to delivery sustainable eye care services to millions
2009 was a difficult year for many NGOs dependent on a voluntary income and, in uncertain times, the value and safety of a diversified income becomes even more appealing. Increasingly, corporate partnerships are becoming an important growth area for NGOs in the search for long-term security. Development NGO Sightsavers and Standard Chartered Bank have been working together since 2003 in what was initially a standard sponsorship-style partnership. Since then the partnership has grown into Seeing is Believing, the Bank’s global community investment programme, a cornerstone in Standard Chartered’s approach to a sustainable business.
Author: Katrina Scaife
Katrina Scaife is the corporate partnerships manager at Sightsavers, an INGO working to prevent and cure blindness in the developing world.
Previously she worked as an account manager in the private sector, following her completion of a masters degree in international criminal law.
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