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Guest Post by Stephanie McAuliffe: SoCap09 - Day 2 Roundup

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Others examples include loans to schools in India and capital for small manufacturers in Ghana. The first SoCap conference in 2008 coincided with the launch of this paper, Investing for Social & Environmental Impact: A Design for Catalyzing an Emerging Industry A Monitor Institute Report [link] EnvImpact_ExecSum_000.pdf

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Women's Earth Alliance: Co-Directors Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond

Have Fun - Do Good

When I sat down to talk with the co-Directors, Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond, in early March, they had literally just returned from the West African Woman and Water Training in Ghana. You both just came back from the 2010 West African Women and Water Training in Ghana. What was that? What were some of the highlights?

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

Have Fun - Do Good

I had the opportunity to interview her on March 6th for the Big Vision Podcast, and have included an edited transcript of the interview below. My favorite scene from the movie is these women, all ages, all sizes, going to surround the peace talks in Ghana, which were essentially going nowhere. BB: You do a lot of interviews.

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