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Amy Fallon

Africa, London, United Kingdom

Freelance Journalist, Media and Comms at Freelance

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Articles

  • 3 weeks ago | devex.com | Amy Fallon

    When two charities inspired by Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi — Pestalozzi World Children’s Trust and Pestalozzi International Foundation — decided to merge last September, some in the sector saw it as a last resort. But the leaders behind the new Pestalozzi International argued it’s time to rethink that mindset. “Charity mergers are often associated with failing organizations, a way of avoiding closure,” James Haughton, who heads Pestalozzi International, told Devex.

  • 4 weeks ago | rotary.org | Amy Fallon

    When David Harmon resolved to mobilize his community against domestic violence, he quickly ran into a first hurdle: persuading the mayor at the time to close the streets for a march. The small town of Ballina is a popular family vacation spot on Australia’s eastern coast, and the mayor worried the attention might be bad for business. “He said, ‘Dave, we will never, ever close a road in Ballina for a domestic violence walk.

  • 1 month ago | womensagenda.com.au | Amy Fallon

    Johanna Rüdiger was once flooded with questions from traditional journalists about dancing on Berlin Fresh, German broadcaster DW’s first TikTok account. But five years since Rüdiger started combining her social media strategy day job with running the account, amassing a staggering half a million followers, she receives “less and less” queries.

  • 1 month ago | national.thelead.uk | Amy Fallon

    Thousands of small charities have implored the government to urgently investigate improvements to support and funding, as some vital organisations are now facing closure following the decision to cut foreign aid. As Britain is warned it will miss the Sustainable Development Goals [SDGs] deadline – of 2030 – campaigners fear millions around the world will be left lacking education, proper healthcare, food, and routes out of poverty.

  • 1 month ago | rotary.org | Amy Fallon

    When Ugandan village elders meet with Stuart Raymond Kasule about supporting people with mental health struggles, they volunteer ideas to show more empathy. They want to know, for example, how to open a conversation with a person who is suffering. “That shows you that the people are crying out to say, we need help, we need support,” Kasule says.