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UniversalGiving: Impact, with a little help from friends (SocialActions)

Amy Sample Ward

People simply choose a country of interest (such as China or Thailand) and an area of interest (such as education or the environment) and find a list of vetted opportunities to which they can donate money or give their time. would you rather connect with a group or individual in need half way around the world?

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Conquering a Cruel Continent for a Cause

Tech Soup

Ultramarathons are extreme running events: 250-kilometer (155-mile) foot races over five or six days in the harshest environments on Earth. The Gobi Desert in China (the windiest desert on earth). His first race was dedicated to raising money for the Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT).

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[VIDEO] Using WhatsApp to Increase Engagement with Multicultural Communities

Bloomerang

This other one, I found that an NGO in Lebanon was doing WhatsApp surveys with Syrian refugees to see what had been their experience in the country because the refugees, most of them, 80% of them had a phone but they didn’t have a computer, they didn’t have anything else. So, for example, there are.

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Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead? Hogwash! - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

While direct mail may be declining in some markets since its heyday in the 90s it is still an effective form of direct communication to raise funds and the NGO brand. Cheers, Cristina Fundraising Director, Greenpeace China June 1, 2009 | Cristina San Vicente Ive raised $215,000 for the Sharing Foundation through social networking sites.

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