4 May 2021
In this episode we talk to Denis Mizne, CEO of Lemann Foundation - Brazil’s largest educational funder – about philanthropy in Brazil during the Covid-19 pandemic and the Lemann Foundation’s pivot to supporting vaccine trials in the country. Including:
Vaccination
- How and why did Lemann Foundation get involved in Covid vaccine trials?
- How does this fit with the foundations normal focus on education and leadership, and will it result in any shift of focus longer-term?
- Is there a danger that ongoing controversies about the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, and about the distribution of vaccines more broadly will have a knock-on impact on trust in philanthropy?