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  • This house prefers that billionaire-run charitable foundations engage in 'hits-based' giving rather than traditional charity work

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    Examples of billionaire run charitable foundations are Open Philanthropy Zuckerberg-Chan Initiative and the Gates Foundation.

    McGill North American Universities Debating Championships 2021 · Novice Final · 2021-02-04

  • This house would ban aid organizations from using images of graphic suffering in their campaigns.

    Eurasian Schools Debating Championship 2021 · Open Octos · 2021-01-29

  • This house, as a non-profit/charity organization working with marginalized young and adult men, would embrace the perceived traditional ideals of masculinity rather than campaigning for the deconstruction of masculinity

    Philippine Queer Open · 3 · 2021-01-23

  • This house regrets the creation of the voluntourism industry

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    Voluntourism is the merging of volunteering and tourism. Individuals travel to other countries through external organizations such as MetoWe to perform charity work as well as learn about and explore the country they travel to.

    Queen's High School Debating Tournament 2021 · Open Semis · 2021-01-22

  • This house believes that after achieving an adequate level of financial stability individuals should focus heavily on the service of others

    Evergreen Cup 2021 · Novice Final · 2021-01-16

  • This house supports voluntourism.

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    Voluntourism is a form of tourism in which travellers participate in voluntary work typically for a charity.

    Momiji Cup 2020 · 3 · 2020-12-05

  • This house regrets the rise of Philanthrocapitalism

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    Philanthrocapitalism is a way of doing philanthropy, which mirrors the way that business is done in the for-profit world. It may involve venture philanthropy that actively invests in social programs to pursue specific philanthropic goal that would yield return on investment over the long term, or in a more passive form whereby 'social investors' benefit from investing in socially-responsible programs. Philanthrocapitalism has grown significantly more popular since the 1990s.

    USU IV · 1 · 2020-11-21

  • This house prefers NGO-led poverty eradication efforts over government-led poverty eradication efforts in developing states

    1st Qatar Schools Debate League - Boys · 3 · 2020-11-07

  • This house would repeal the Johnson Amendment

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    The Johnson Amendment is a US law. It states that tax-exempt entities like churches and charitable organisations are unable to directly or indirectly participate in any political campaign on behalf of, or in opposition to, any candidate. Specifically, ministers are restricted from endorsing or opposing candidates from the pulpit. If they do, they risk losing their tax-exempt status.

    Hugill Cup · 3 · 2020-10-31

  • This house as an altruistically-minded graduate would follow the 80000 Hours approach to their professional career rather than joining an altruistic organisation (career)

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    Asian British Parliamentary Championship 2020 · Open Quarters · 2020-10-03

  • This house prefers the use of Pay-for-Success funding for charitable programmes to the use of direct government funding

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    Pay-for-success funding is a model of funding social projects in which a government agency allocates funding to a social project to be paid to investors only upon the achievement of a specified goal within a pre-alloted time frame. The finance to cover the costs of achieving that outcome is provided by the independent investors. In return for accepting the risks entailed in directly funding the project, these investors typically make a profit if the project is successful.

    Europe Queer Open · 6 · 2020-09-26