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In the wake of India's worst-ever flu pandemic, philanthropists, business leaders, and government officials teamed up to help some of the country's most vulnerable people.
Now, they're working together on a much larger scale to tackle some of the country's biggest challenges, including climate change, poverty, and inequality, the Guardian reports.
The Responsible Coalition for Resilient Communities (RCRC), for instance, has more than 98 member organizations working to improve nutrition, health, and education in rural India.
RCRC is one of 13 "philanthropic collaboratives" in India tracked by the Bridgespan Group, which notes the number of collaboratives in the country has grown at least threefold since the flu pandemic, with capital invested in them growing more than sixfold.
One such collaborative, the India Climate Collaborative, has more than 10 funders working together to tackle climate change, gender inequality, and poverty in the country.
"The power of the collectives offer efficient solutions because of how they approach their work," the Bridgespan Group states.
"Field strengthening, also known as ecosystem building or field building, is critical in a country like India, where entire ecosystems with multiple stakeholders need to evolve to drive sustainable impact," it adds.
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