This #WorldYouthSkillsDay, we are celebrating empowering young people with skills that can transform their lives. Through the Skill Impact Bond, we are equipping 50,000 youth across India – 60% of them women – with the skills needed to secure and stay in employment.

"We need to innovate, think differently, be brave and bold and find new ways of delivering and funding development" writes #BritishAsianTrust Chief Exec @r_hawkes following the UN’s Financing for Development Conference. Read latest blog👇 britishasiantrust.org/latest-updates… #FFD4 #OBFAtScale

We are deeply saddened by the news of the plane crash into a school campus in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected.

Shri Jayant Singh Hon'ble Minister of State (IC), Skill India releases #SkillImpactBond's midpoint results at #BharatSkillNXT! So far, at the halfway mark, we have trained 23,000+ youth, 70%+ of them women, with 75% joining jobs and 60% retaining jobs for at least 3 months.

"The results speak for themselves" 👇 We are very proud of the success of the #SkillImpactBond.

Read about the #SkillImpactBond’s journey through the inspiring stories of 4 women trained by our partners magicbusindia & PanIIT Alumni Foundation in Manash Pratim Gohain's The Times Of India article: timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/women-le…

The #SkillImpactBond, India’s first and the world’s largest development bond in skilling, is reshaping the country’s skilling and employment landscape. “I didn’t want my siblings to face what I did,” says Sakshi from Jharkhand. As a first-generation earner, she is not only

We are recruiting for 2 fantastic new roles in our Pakistan team, based in Karachi. Are you a Communications Manager who can help tell our story, or a highly organised Coordinator who can liaise across the Pakistan Mental Health Coalition? More info: britishasiantrust.org/jobs

So pleased to see a growing interest in discussing how outcomes-based finance #OBF can accelerate development goals like #education and delighted that we were invited to write about this for ORF! Read here: orfonline.org/expert-speak/n…

On #WorldElephantDay we are proud to share that as a result of our projects, there has been no loss of human or elephant life in the villages we are working in to foster human-elephant coexistence in India. Thanks to our partner Aaranyak & funder Biodiversity Challenge Funds #AsianElephants

Very proud of what we've been able to achieve together.

Wishing all of our friends, supporters in #Pakistan a happy Independence Day!

Wishing all of our friends, supporters in #India a happy Independence Day!

Our vision is a South Asia that is prosperous, inclusive and sustainable. Since our inception, we have changed the lives of over 13 million people through our work in: • Education • Livelihoods • Child protection • Mental health • Conservation #WorldHumanitarianDay

Female entrepreneurs make up only 1% of Pakistan’s working female population. This #WorldEntrepreneursDay we are celebrating all the inspirational women who have taken part in our livelihoods programmes. Read Alina’s story 👉 britishasiantrust.org/latest-updates…

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🚀 India’s first outcomes-based finance (OBF) launchpad for nano entrepreneurs is here – introducing the NEST Outcomes Facility! Backed by British Asian Trust, 360 ONE Foundation & BT Group. 360 ONE Asset 360 ONE Wealth Pratham Education Foundation CInI LEAD at Krea University YuWaah (Generation Unlimited India) at UNICEF UNICEF India

Ways to show your support on #InternationalDayOfCharity: 💻Visit our website to learn more about our impact. 👀Read & share our social media posts. 🗣️Tell someone about us.