A photo of meeting Jayne Cravens face-to-face after following her work for ten plus years online. I've been a big fan of Jayne Craven's work at Coyote Communications since the mid-1990s. She worked in with UNDP's Volunteer Programme from 2001-2004 and is a subject matter in virtual volunteering, among other topics). receive.

Over the past 18 months or so, the antennas have been appearing around Jalalabad , a former Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan. It wasn't created by a government either, but it could become the new symbol of infrastructure rebuilding in Afghanistan and around the world. These may not be the most sophisticated antennas, but they work.

I've posted a couple of times about giving circles, groups of people who get together to learn about an organization's work, and pool their donations to have a greater impact. Brodsky documents the inside story of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA). With All Our Strength by Anne Brodsky.

Recently, Bebo hosted an all-day event for members of the No to Knives and Crime Coalition, as well as others working in the sector of positive youth engagement in London and beyond.  Has your organization tackled issues in the youth community and used new technologies to support your work? Youth Empowerment with Social Media. link].

had planned to include his newest book, The Audacity of Hope , in this year's list, but now that I work from home and commute less, I have less time to read on the bus and BART. You can learn more about Jeffrey Sachs' work with the UN Millenium Project here. You can check out my 2005 list here. Dreams of My Father by Barack Obama.

worked for a number of years in international development and it’s true when they say “Empower Women – Change the World.&#. Their first project is a secondary school for 1,200 girls in Afghanistan where the female literacy rate is only 12%. This morning I followed my 10,000th nonprofit on Twitter! Thank you.

As both Obama and many commentators have noted, however, now the real work of nation-rebuilding starts. With his hands full with any number of messes (financial, Iraq/Afghanistan, etc.), tools, but rather how well your organization is equipped to train, support, and parse work out to volunteers. It's a process.

Her newest book, the story of a Brazilian diplomat who worked for the United Nations for 34 years, has inspired an upcoming documentary and feature film. Below is my 4th annual list of Favorite Do-Good Books (in alphabetical order). Her, A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide was on my Favorite Do-Good Book of 2007 list.

Clay Aiken in Afghanistan with Unicef, Photo from Flickr. The posts are from people working in different countries on child survival work. quot; The most recent set of posts are from Clay Aiken's field work in Afghanistan and also includes flickr photos. I've been following Unicef's Field Notes Blog.

Rather, it is a do-good adventure story of a former mountain climber who has spent almost 15 years building schools in remote mountain villages of northern Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia. education book Pakistan Afghanistan Kyrgyzstan MongoliaHello Have Fun * Do Good readers!