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12 Early Adopters of the.NGO and.ONG Domains

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Mission: To improve access and quality of education for 4 million children living in underserved communities in India. Mission: To help eradicate extreme poverty through community development projects in urban sanitation, water filtration, health, alternative energy, and economic empowerment. Educate Girls ● educategirls.ngo.

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Using Video for Women's Empowerment in Rural India

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In looking at some of the project examples , I found several that focus on women's empowerment and rights in India. Since all of the trainees were married as children, they decided to put together a half-hour video magazine about why child marriage must stop, to show on wide-screen projectors in their surrounding villages.

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Domestic Violence Awareness Month: 5 Extraordinary Organizations

Tech Soup

Empowerment, Shelter, and Support. " The organization serves women, men, and children fleeing domestic violence. Image 1: Alternatives to Violence. Brighter Tomorrows, Inc.: The mission of Brighter Tomorrows, Inc. Image 2: Mosaic Family Services. spanhidden

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Does the Most Powerful Work Live Onstage or Behind the Scenes?

Museum 2.0

I think of Springboard for the Arts , Alternate Roots , and A Blade of Grass as leaders from behind the scenes. We need more empowerment in this world, and these institutions offer it. Children's Museum of Pittsburgh is a terrific place to visit AND a leading force in diverse regional projects to support youth development.

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Creating Markets for Fair Trade Gifts: An Interview with Priya Haji of World of Good

Have Fun - Do Good

So women cook, clean and take care of their children, and these are all uncompensated activities. Holly has now been out meeting with the International Labor Organization and thinking about different ways that you really help create empowerment for women who work in informal markets.

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Announcing… 31 New Favorite Nonprofits for 2013!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

That said, in 2012 I had the opportunity to travel to Africa and Asia and from those travel experiences three themes emerged that inspired the selection of this year’s nonprofits: 1) Women’s and girls empowerment; 2) Conservation of wildlife and wild lands; and 3) Access to medical care. Wildlife SOS :: @ WildlifeSOS.

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Alli Chagi-Starr, Art in Action/Ella Baker Center, Podcast Interview Transcription

Have Fun - Do Good

You just have to keep planting and just got to hope that other people will come along after you to water those seeds and to know that the trees our for our children's children. Is it children and literature? So we're bringing a lot of elements together, the innerpersonal the activist. That's just the reality.

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