2021 is a year in which we paused to reflect on what we had done in the previous two and a half years, and stretched for insight, to look into the future, as we undertook a midterm review of our first five-year strategic plan. We all agreed that the long-term goal should be philanthropy that works and civil society that thrives. The working environment remained extremely challenging in 2021 because of the Covid- 19 pandemic and the lockdown measures that were put in place to contain the spread.
