Amy Sample Ward

MAY 3, 2011

My mother taught me many things, and I feel like with every year she teaches me more – whether she knows it or not. I can’t think of a lesson, an outlook on life, and a guiding principle for my work that is more about love than this one. The biggest lesson: Everyone has something to give.

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Change Nepal Lesson New Jersey 180

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2007

San Francisco to teaching reading in Atlanta, to rebuilding homes and lives in the Gulf coast communities. Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America , founded in June 2004, is the nation's first and largest group dedicated to the Troops and Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The organization works to educate.

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Afghanistan Iraq San Francisco Atlanta 50

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2014

This week, Wood, answered questions about his book, the lessons he teaches, and the remarkable work of Team Rubicon. In a football game, as in life, there are always going to be circumstances and events beyond your control. It took place about three weeks after my sniper partner, Clay Hunt, took his own life.

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Authoring Business Interview Disaster 61

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 12, 2013

Trained as a lawyer, Marianne helped develop human rights strategies for the governments of New Zealand and Timor-Leste, has worked as a Policy Advisor for Oxfam, and spent two years working in human rights in the Gaza Strip prior to her time in Afghanistan, where she served in the United Nations mission (2005-2007).

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Podcast Interview Afghanistan Timor 63

Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 19, 2010

We write and teach what we want to learn, at least, I do. She is currently writing a memoir about her life as a UN peacekeeper in Afghanistan. All I’ve ever wanted from my life was to do good. The first guest post is by Marianne Elliott. Marianne is a change-maker, a human rights advocate, a yoga teacher and a writer.

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Fun Afghanistan Timor Share 65

Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 13, 2009

This is my second year as a "sister," which means that I pay $27 a month to support one woman for a year while she goes through a program to help her rebuild her life after war. We work in countries like Congo, Rwanda, Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, among others. That's the story of Women for Women.

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International Interview Bosnia Congo 40