NextGen
PHILANTHROPISTS
Dear young friends,
Self-awareness has always been a highly regarded topic in human society. Everyone is more or less lost in the pursuit of self on the road of growth, and I am no exception. From Australia to China, from an entrepreneur to an investor to a charity practitioner, along the way, I have witnessed the power of growth and found a career that I love and want to fight for all my life.
As the Founder of the “Next Generation Philanthropy Leadership Program,” I have always regarded it as a way to spread kindness and hope. I not only want to build a platform to cultivate youth leadership and train these aspiring young people to become the next generation of philanthropists and social entrepreneurs, but also want you to see more meaningful content beyond life through this platform, help you better understand yourself, and sow the seeds of kindness on the road of pursuing yourself.
I encourage you to embrace this era of rapid change and embrace change. Leadership is a journey without an end, which requires us to constantly innovate ourselves and adapt to changes. The breakthrough from 0 to 1 requires courage and persistence, while the leap from 1 to 100 requires wisdom and teamwork. Each of us is the leader of our own life, and every choice and decision we make is shaping our future.
I hope that through this program, you will understand that charity is not a grand poem, nor is it a grand project that requires everything to be ready before it can be started. Charity is a bridge that connects people’s hearts and a kind of fire that warms the world. It is not only material assistance but also a touch of the soul and spiritual nourishment. We firmly believe that as long as we take action from now on, every contribution, no matter how big or small, can take root in the soil of society and bear the fruit of hope. As long as we stimulate our own inner potential, each of us can become a force to change the world and shine the most dazzling light of our own life.
Each of us is an explorer in the journey of life. In the process of pursuing the truest self, perhaps you can try to come here to see different scenery. I invite you to join us and bring positive changes to the world together, not only to work together to solve the difficulties we can see now, but more importantly, in the future, you will call on and lead more people to make the world a better place. I firmly believe that only love and hope are eternal forces, and it is “us” from generation to generation that provide endless power for this force.
Faye Lo,
Founder of Good Soil Foundation
Next Generation Philanthropy Leadership Program
Ms. Faye Lo is the founder of the Singapore Good Soil Foundation. She believes in the power of private capital to inspire and empower young people and promote meaningful social change. She founded the Singapore Good Soil Foundation Next Generation Philanthropy Leadership Program, which aims to enable students to understand the philanthropy sector and incubate international student-created philanthropy projects to ensure that these projects can bring positive social impact to the world.
In 2010, she co-founded the Maitian Education Foundation, which was the first grassroots charity organization in China to successfully transform into a legally registered charity foundation. In 2013, she founded the “Love House” Charity Seed Fund, which has supported the growth of 52 successful Chinese social charity projects. In 2017, she launched the poverty alleviation project in Daliangshan, Sichuan through investigative journalism. Starting with an initial seed fund of 50,000 yuan donated by herself, she successfully raised more than 700 million yuan in social and government resources, driving the improvement of the surrounding environment of more than 10 schools. The project became the most influential charity project in the 2017 Tencent Charity Ranking.
She possesses outstanding innovation and organizational skills. During the 2020 epidemic, she organized a donation campaign for the National University of Singapore Business School. Within two weeks when primary supplies were most scarce and urgent, she successfully raised more than RMB 2 million in donations, provided imported protective clothing, masks and other relief supplies to 80 hospitals around the world, and mobilized a large number of volunteer networks to support and supervise the distribution to each hospital.
In 2015, she received a Master of Philanthropy Executive Degree from the China Philanthropy Research Institute of Beijing Normal University and the Lilly Family Philanthropy School of Indiana University. In March 2017, she also participated in the Philanthropy Leadership Program of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University as a scholarship recipient.
Not only has she made remarkable achievements in the field of philanthropy in China and around the world, her work is dedicated to promoting social progress and inspiring more people to participate in social welfare, especially in the fields of education, poverty alleviation and environmental protection. Through her charitable work, she has continuously promoted positive changes in the global society, especially in cultivating future philanthropists and young people with a strong sense of social responsibility.
To cultivate the next generation of future philanthropists and social entrepreneurs, driven by a shared commitment to transforming lives and advancing the public good.
