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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Women for Women International

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Organization Size: Approximately 70 DC/stateside employees; more than 100 field staff employees in eight countries in Africa, the Balkans and the Middle East. We currently have nearly 50,000 Facebook fans and posting there helps us reach the most people, though the focus of how we’re using Facebook is changing (more on that below).

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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Kjerstin Erickson is one of those people "shiny" people who lights up a room. After meeting her at the Global Engagement Summer last spring, I knew I wanted to grab her for an interview before she became too famous. Saturday, June 20th is World Refugee Day , and this year's theme is "Real People, Real Needs."

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Pull up a [virtual] chair for a conversation on health and population issues

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Arnold Christianson from the National Health Laboratory Service and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa will be PRB's guest for the discussion. Combating Malaria: A First-Hand Account From Congo. Interviews Online service. Managing Unauthorized Migration. PRB gets some nice benefits from this service.

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

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She went from being somebody's servant to somebody who when she walks down the street of her community, people stop her and shake her hand and thank her for the stories that she is telling, or ask, 'When are you going to interview me? Last month I interviewed Cristi Hegranes, its Founder and President.

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The Social Media Response to Disaster in Haiti

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Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more. The relief items are helping more than 10,000 families (50,000 people) to date -- with plans to increase this number.

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Arts Activist Naomi Natale and The One Million Bones Project

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." - Naomi Natale, One Million Bones Naomi Natale is the founding artist behind One Million Bones , a collaborative art installation designed to recognize the millions of victims and survivors who have been killed or displaced by ongoing genocides and mass atrocities in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Burma.

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Support Women Survivors of War with $27/month

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A month ago I listened to Christine Karumba, the Country Director for Women for Women International in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, tell Honorata's story on the Voices on Genocide Prevention podcast. Denise of the Denise in Africa blog visited one of the program's facilities in Kigali. And walked. And walked.

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