Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 6, 2010

possibility to win $15,000 for your favorite charity that’s working in the front lines of the global water crisis. Tags: blogging campaigns africa bloggers campaign contest water. What’s in it for bloggers? A few great things: winner joins a P&G Children’s Safe Drinking Water Program expedition.

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Africa Contest Blogger Children 114

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

People donate to a shared cause in honor of that for which they are most grateful Funds raised will go to support the work of Mama Lucy Kampton ( @MamaLucy ), a ChangeMaker who has transformed her community in Arusha, Tanzania through her school Shepherd’s Junior. Tags: events fundraising africa epic change tweetsgiving.

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Tanzania Change Africa Classroom 129

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Avi is just back from Tanzania where he and other Epic Change team members were working with the students in the classroom built with last year’s TweetsGiving proceeds. What are you up to right now in Africa? After over a year working as a volunteer, Avi is excited to join Epic Change as the Community and Events Director.

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Interview Tanzania Change Africa 108

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Avi is just back from Tanzania where he and other Epic Change team members were working with the students in the classroom built with last year’s TweetsGiving proceeds. What are you up to right now in Africa? After over a year working as a volunteer, Avi is excited to join Epic Change as the Community and Events Director.

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Interview Tanzania Change Africa 108

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 10, 2009

LearnAsOne is a charity that works with local partners and communities in Africa to fund schools and support their running costs. Tags: community digital learning africa education. Follow the blog updates or the Flickr photo stream. Email the Zambia LearnAsOne team. Learn more about LearnAsOne: What is LearnAsOne?

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Zambia Africa Classroom NGO 100

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2009

This morning I had the pleasure (and some anxiety, to be honest) of presenting to the SANGONeT Conference taking place this week and next in South Africa. I’d love to hear your stories about how you’ve used social media on your own, discovered something that could work for your organization and made it happen!

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Social Media Roles South Africa Media 175

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 29, 2010

The idea to gather 1 million t-shirts for Africa (yes, that general) was put out there, publicly, and the ball really started rolling – but not in support of the idea. Development professionals, charity-minded folks, those interested in social media all responded. You can read the full blog post here. Please join!

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