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Lessons from IGS16: The How-To’s for Applying the SDGs to Grantmaking

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IDP’s pilot program in Ghana started with initial enrollment of 27,000 children and now is expected to reach a total of 150,000 children by July 2017. Through its Rising School Program , IDP is improving education infrastructures in existing low-fee private schools that serve the poor. Key takeaways.

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Women's Earth Alliance: Co-Directors Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond

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When I sat down to talk with the co-Directors, Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond, in early March, they had literally just returned from the West African Woman and Water Training in Ghana. Women hold these toxins in their body, and this is what they have to pass on to their children. Over 90 percent of U.S. What was that?

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Using Photography to Change the World: An Interview with Paola Gianturco

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Can you talk a little bit about why they used arts, and why it was an effective tool? The children are ages 6-16, and they're making huge strides by leading a national movement against child rape in Zimbabwe. BB: Why do you think the arts is such a powerful tool? And, their weapon is poetry. I just saw them as heroic.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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I think it's worth it (: Kavita Ramdas: The Global Fund for Women is the largest independent, publicly supported grant-making foundation to advance women's human rights internationally. It's long, but I hope you'll take time during your coffee or lunch break to read, or listen to her inspiring words.

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