Welcome to ELMA The ELMA Philanthropies provides philanthropic advisory services to the ELMA Group of Foundations. From Cape Town, Johannesburg, Kampala, and New York, our team develops and manages philanthropic investments and partnerships for the foundations. We invest globally, with an emphasis on improving the lives of children in Africa news & stories FEATURED STORY ELMA Commits ZAR2 Billion to COVID-19 Response The COVID-19 pandemic has strained already vulnerable health systems, forced millions of families into poverty, caused school closures and learning loss for children, and disrupted maternal, newborn, and child health services. FEATURED VIDEO Watch the Silver Telly Award-winning video on The African Paediatric Fellowship Programme. Recently featured on CNN, APFP is dedicated to building the pediatric workforce across Africa. Learn more about ELMA's investment in the APFP > LATEST NEWS & STORIES Community-Based Organizations Mobilize COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in Africa Leaning into their years of experience encouraging use of and providing HIV/AIDS and other treatments and services, CBOs are proving that they are important vehicles in driving uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine ELMA Community Grants Program Partners Respond to Civil Unrest in South Africa Despite their own hardships caused by civil unrest in South Africa, 10 community-based organizations within The ELMA Community Grants Program (ECGP) quickly took action to fulfill the immediate needs of their communities Learning from an Evaluation of Aga Khan Foundation’s Early Childhood Program in Uganda Findings on the impact of Aga Khan Foundation’s Early Childhood Program in Uganda on children’s school readiness over a two-year period A Pragamatic Approach to Expanding Access to Quality Early Learning for South Africa’s Poorest Children SmartStart is one example of an early learning platform that uses a social franchise mechanism to scale quality ECD services that are affordable and accessible for all children. Sugira Muryango: Scaling Home Visits in Rwanda through Implementation Science Momentum is growing in low- and middle-income countries to improve the quality of early childhood services and broaden access, particularly for vulnerable children. MORE NEWS AND STORIES > • About Us • Investments • News • © 2018, The ELMA Philanthropies Services (U.S.) Inc. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER