The Essays
Laying Foundations for Change includes powerful words from world leaders that explain the ways in which philanthropic investments in buildings can establish and revitalize dynamic, pivotal institutions, invigorate communities, strengthen economies, and save lives.
The Work
Across five continents and seven regions, Laying Foundations for Change chronicles the enormous impact these structures have on health, education, culture and the livelihood of millions of people— incredible stories of empowered people doing transformative work.
The Photos
Showing what is possible is not easy because the ripples of the visible extend well beyond the ken of photography, and beyond narrative. With the help of Magnum Foundation photographers and photography students from seven Atlantic regions, we have tried to capture the visible and glimpse the spirit of the less visible.
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Nopinkie Ngxangane, a participant in the University of Western Cape Public Health School's PURE Project, at her home in Cape Town, South Africa. The project tracks basic health indicators, such as diet and exercise habits and family relationships.
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Shay McAleer waiting for class to start at the School of Speech and Drama, a program that takes place at the Millennium Forum, Derry/Londonderry in Northern Ireland.
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Second-year medical students attend a lecture at the polyclinic about the pathology of tumors. Le Santa Fe, Isle of Youth, Cuba.
Cristina Garcia Rodero -
Sophie Rose Fruchter and friend on the West Campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
Alessandra Sanguinetti -
Queensland Brain Institute at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia is a leading research facility focused on discovering the fundamental mechanisms that regulate brain function. Here, geodesic sensor nets, which include as many as 128 electrodes, pick up brainwaves just below the scalp.
Russell Shakespeare -
The Science and Engineering Centre at Queensland University of Technology's Garden Point Campus in Brisbane, Australia. This facility contributes to the development of science, technology, engineering and mathematics to research and develop solutions for climate change, global sustainability and Australia's green workforce needs.
Russell Shakespeare -
The Aughrim Active Retirement Group, part of the Lifecourse Institute program at the National University of Ireland, Galway. The program is a flagship initiative that produces research to support innovative policy reform across the lifecycle, focusing on children and young people, people with disabilities and older people.
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Tristan Adams at home in Cape Town, South Africa, after recovering from heart surgery at the pediatric intensive care unit at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital. The Atlantic Philanthropies funded the hospital’s new operating theaters.
George Mahashe -
Camella Wilson, researcher, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine, in her office at the UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay, one of Atlantic's largest philanthropic investments.
Jim Goldberg and Alessandra Sanguinetti -
Eight-day-old Alain Daniel in the maternity ward at the main hospital on Cuba's Isle of Youth. The Atlantic Charitable Trust helped rebuild the island's medical infrastructure after a series of devastating hurricanes.
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A librarian at the Learning Resource Center at Hue University in Viet Nam. "Chuck wanted students to have access to resources and information. He knew the library is the heart and soul of any university so that's where he wanted Atlantic to focus," says Dr. Le Nhan Phuong, Atlantic's Country Director, Viet Nam.
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Children at play at the National Hospital of Pediatrics in Ha Noi, Viet Nam. The hospital, which serves 30 million people in the north and doubles as the main training facility for every pediatrician in the nation, is the anchor of children's medicine in Viet Nam.
Chien-Chi Chang