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Spotlight on South Africa: Nonprofit Profiles from SANGONeT

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The goal of these case studies is to raise awareness of the impact these nonprofits are making in South Africa. Kliptown Youth Programme provides after-school activities and educational support to disadvantaged children from the Kliptown area. This township is one of the poorest areas in South Africa. Human Rights.

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Empowering Young Children through Philanthropy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of them was Vincent Law who is doing interesting work with teaching young children about giving and philanthropy. Empower Young Children through Philanthropy – guest blog post by Vincent Law, CEO and Founder at PhilanthroKids Academy. As you might know, the English word ‘Philanthropy’ has a Greek origin.

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A History of How Modern ESG Came to Be

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According to Earthday.org, “b y the end of 1970, the first Earth Day led to the creation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the passage of other first of their kind environmental laws, including the National Environmental Education Act,?the the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and the Clean Air?Act.?

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Snapshot of Worldwide Electronics Recycling 2013

Tech Soup

The WEEE Directive is the set of laws that governs the proper collection and disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) in the 27 countries of the European Union. The latest update of the law is expected to be formally approved in 2014. has a patchwork of laws in half of the U.S.

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Solutionary Women: Alli Chagi-Starr, Ilyse Hogue, Melinda Kramer and Reem Rahim

Have Fun - Do Good

First of all, who identifies with the word "activism"? I decided to find out how to bridge the worlds of performance, cultural organizing and radical activism. I think that after 20 years of nonstop activism, my prescriptives, my medicine for the movement, if you will, would be to really cultivate cultures of appreciation.

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (and New York, and Nairobi, and Seoul, and Kampala, and Boston…)

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Met with current and prospective individual donors as part of my donor cultivation and stewardship efforts, by thanking current donors and explaining what we’ve accomplished with their support, and sharing our activities with prospective donors in the hopes of getting them to support Benetech. The Marrakesh Treaty.

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All for Green, and Green for All: An Interview with Van Jones

Have Fun - Do Good

So, our view is that this Green Jobs Corps is the first step towards making Oakland a global green city that has our young people actively engaged in greening the economy, rebooting and retrofitting Oakland. I grew up in the rural south, went to public schools there. I also have been very very blessed.

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