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Is climate change action the new face of natural disaster relief?

Candid

Whether it’s global heatwaves, flooding in Pakistan, Canadian wildfires that block out the sun, decade-long droughts in Africa, or ever more powerful hurricanes, natural disasters have our attention.

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Celebrate International Women’s Day

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’m honored to be working on some social media capacity projects to assist NGOs that are supporting women’s issues – from a learning exchange for Packard Foundation Grantees in Pakistan to a Women’s Leadership Network in Africa to the e-mediat that is working with many NGOs that support women and girls in the Arab World.

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Supporting NGOs in underserved countries, and recommending consultants

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Packard Grantees from Pakistan, with In-Country Team. If you work for an NGO in another region of the world or have experience delivering capacity building program, I encourage you to join the discussion here. This periodic review pushes us to candidly reflect on what works and what we can do better with our grantmaking.

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A New Year: A New Learning Journey Begins

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I will be working with a cluster of Packard grantees in Pakistan and India in collaboration with IIE. I will be working with a cluster of Packard grantees in Pakistan and India in collaboration with IIE.

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Shouldn’t the Word Phone Be Removed from Mobile? The Use of the Mobile by Nonprofits for Development

Tech Soup

So how can nonprofits utilize mobile phones for their work? developing economies in Asia and Africa. established groups on SMSall in Pakistan. For those nonprofits working on sustainable development issues - NextDrop uses mobile technology to monitor and improve water flow in urban India and subsequent sustainable development.

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The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

Tech Soup

I also liked the work we did a few years ago to support telecentres in poor communities affected by civil war in Colombia. The most populous Muslim country is Indonesia , followed by India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, and Egypt. Perhaps most impressively they are working in Syrian civil war.

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The Faces of International Development

Forum One

Closing speaker Michael Fairbanks (one of the unforgettable speakers of the event), raised some eyebrows but generated huge applause when he stressed introspection and the importance of stepping back and re-evaluating "who you want to be as an organization" and "really evaluating what worked (in terms of projects) and what did not, and why?".