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Traveling Postcards: Interview with Founder, Caroline Lovell

Have Fun - Do Good

Hundreds of unique, hand-made art postcards, containing words of compassion and solidarity are hand delivered to individuals and communities all over the world, bringing connection, hope, visibility and voice to women and girls whose lives have suffered from isolation, violence or repression. Each card is a piece of art in my mind.

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2009 NTC Preview: Roger Burks on Storytelling

NTEN

If our stakeholders are looking for confirmation, not information , it seems to me we need to refocus on the fine art of storytelling. . Roger shared a little of his philosophy, the basis of his session at the 2009 NTC , " Better Online Storytelling ", upon his return from a trip to the Congo. . I couldn't agree more.

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Guest Post by Stacey Monk: Dogooders Won’t Change the World (Alone)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I want you, whether you’re in the Congo or Darfur or if you’re in Iran or if you’re in Tanzania, Kosovo…you shoot that story like it’s your mother, your brother, your sister, your father and your cousin and you tell that in that way because that’s actually the road, I think, to not only clarity and truth and understanding. …I

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

Have Fun - Do Good

He ran into Congo. He was there for about a month, and then war in Congo was breaking out. His idea is that he wants to recreate, in reverse, the walk that he made from Sudan all the way through Congo and into Zambia. In order to try to replace some of that revenue, we built a state of the art Web 2.0, It had been bombed.

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An Amazing NpTech Social Media Link Buffet: Take Your Pick!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Emily Troutman has just launched a new online art/journalism project with a social conscious. It's called Why Congo Matters. I think it is really cool that Tharum, a Cambodian Blogger, is mentoring a Danish blogger launching a climate change blog! The Year That Changed the World from Michael Meyer was just published.

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Arts Activist Naomi Natale and The One Million Bones Project

Have Fun - Do Good

." - 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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How Nelson Mandela’s Legacy to Advance Access to Education Lives On

Saleforce Nonprofit

One example of the incredible change that education can bring to a community is Malaika , a grassroots nonprofit that educates and empowers girls and communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo through a school, a community center, a clean water program, technical classes and and organic farm.