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10 Questions …. Kate Behncken, global head, Microsoft Philanthropies

The NonProfit Times

I love getting out and about and meeting nonprofit partners and leaders around the world — the changemakers who are helping people and communities in so many different ways — and getting more local context. Who are three people with no connection to Microsoft who you admire and why? So that’s the first filter.

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Spotlight on South Africa: Nonprofit Profiles from SANGONeT

Tech Soup

TechSoup's partner in Africa, SANGONeT , has compiled case studies and profiles of the South African nonprofits and charities they serve. The goal of these case studies is to raise awareness of the impact these nonprofits are making in South Africa. This township is one of the poorest areas in South Africa. Art and Media.

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5 Organizations To Support On World Refugee Day

Everyaction

Refugees International ’s website, there are currently over 65 million people across the world who are displaced by war, conflict and persecution, and tens of millions more who have been displaced by climate events and natural disasters. Asylum Access. Refugees International According to. Pueblo Sin Fronteras.

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A Review of the Guardian ACTIVATE Summit in London

Tech Soup

multilaterals, and high-impact entrepreneurs in the social media space, mostly from the western world and Africa, besides others. most fundamental problems that people in less favourable environments. data and governance, profiting from social change projects, and access to data and tools. development in Africa.

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The Faces of International Development

Forum One

The three of us -- including me, a Product Manager at Forum One -- engaged in a debate on whether the internet pages we see here in the United States can be accessed anywhere else in the world. Are we, and if so, how are we configuring our websites in the States so that people anywhere around the globe can see them? Empowerment is key.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

Have Fun - Do Good

Kjerstin Erickson is one of those people "shiny" people who lights up a room. Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. We like to refer to it as a "people-powered" development process.

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Digital Platforms for Greater Impact: Examples for Foundations

Forum One

Getting answers from real people: Digital platforms allow users to find and interact with people who have similar work needs and get answers to their questions from real people. Provide services: Services that people or organizations can themselves repackage and tailor to their own needs can be provided via digital platforms.