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Announcing Our Second Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Supporting Small-Scale Farmers Globally

Saleforce Nonprofit

Impact Labs convenes community experts, or fellows, across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas, including homelessness , equity in education , and climate justice. What are ways of providing specific and real-time guidance for farmers? Dun-Ying Vicki Yu. Senior Consultant, Slalom.

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Jen Lemen Raises Over $3,000 in 24 Hours for Rwanda Project

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

During the America's Giving Challenge, when we dropped into 5th place and I thought the race was over, Jen activated her supportive network with this beautiful post, " To Cambodia With Love." At that time, Jen realized Odette was in a very difficult and dangerous situation with few resources and limited access to proper help.

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Mother's Day Donation Ideas

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Room to Read's Girls' Education program. During the month of May, all donations made to the Girls' Education program will be matched (up to $100,000) by an anonymous donor. * Your mom will receive a a handmade card made by a woman in their program in Rwanda. Donate before May 5th to make sure she receives her card on time.

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Traveling Postcards: Interview with Founder, Caroline Lovell

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Afterwards, one woman told me that she hadn’t felt anything in such a long time, and now she felt happy. Education, healthcare, violence, lack of economic resources, trafficking, to name just a few. We are also funding very special after school art classes in Afghanistan through our partnership with Trust In Education.

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What Can I Do About Genocide? An Interview with Janessa Goldbeck

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JG: I had the opportunity to spend some time in Rwanda when I was in college, and what really struck me about that experience was the willingness and openness of the survivors, who are both victims and perpetrators, to heal their country and to move on. STAND at that time was a student-led organization. This was in 2006.

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Announcing… 31 New Favorite Nonprofits for 2013!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

PETA focuses its attention on the four areas in which the largest numbers of animals suffer the most intensely for the longest periods of time: on factory farms, in the clothing trade, in laboratories, and in the entertainment industry. Girls Education International :: @ GirlsED. Alliance for Climate Education :: @ ClimateED.

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Interview with Zainab Salbi, Founder of Women for Women International

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The way we do that is by asking every single woman around the world to sponsor one woman at a time by sending her $27 a month, along with a letter to start a communication link between the two women. We work in countries like Congo, Rwanda, Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, among others. You get her picture. Every single one.