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Global philanthropy responds to the Ukraine crisis

Candid

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) head Filippo Grandi described this humanitarian disaster as “the fastest-moving refugee crisis we have seen in Europe since the end of the Second World War”. million that will be internally displaced and 12 million who will need humanitarian assistance of some kind. Giving by funder type.

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Donors needed for our friends in Japan. Will you help?

Connection Cafe

It’s just few days after the worst earthquake ever recorded in Japan, followed by a devastating tsunami and still uncertain consequences around affected nuclear plants, and many of us are thinking about how we can help. People may be thinking that because Japan is more developed the need is less. Direct Relief International.

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Digital Volunteerism – Effective Disaster Relief the GreenTech Way

Tech Soup

The January 12, 2010 catastrophic earthquake in Haiti showed some of the astonishing potential for volunteer-based digital disaster relief. and Sahana Foundation (which hosts a free open source disaster management system), have changed the way disaster relief is being done all over the world. Twitter uses hashtags.

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Explained In 30 Seconds: What Is An API?

Global Giving

And SDGfunders , a project of the Foundation Center, integrates projects that align with each of the Sustainable Development Goals into its philanthropy platform. Benevity provides companies with a one-stop shop for global employee engagement, featuring all international organizations vetted by GlobalGiving. API For Disaster Response.

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Consumer Attitudes Toward Mobile Giving

NTEN

By David Farnes, Executive Director, Mobile Giving Foundation Canada , and Vice President, Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Associatio n and Jim Manis, Chairman and CEO, Mobile Giving Foundation. Since that time, other disaster relief efforts such as the Gulf oil spill, Japan disaster, and tornado relief in the Southeast U.S.

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API Explained: This Technology Will Transform Your Company’s Charitable Giving

Global Giving

And SDGfunders , a project of the Foundation Center by Candid, integrates projects that align with each of the Sustainable Development Goals into its philanthropy platform. Benevity provides companies with a one-stop shop for global employee engagement, featuring all eligible international organizations vetted by GlobalGiving.

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Cloud Computing Worldwide

Tech Soup

Prashant Pandit and Pooja Jayna of the NASSCOM Foundation (TechSoup's Indian partner organization ) discuss the hurdles that NGOs must overcome for cloud adoption to become a reality. Week 3: Security in the Cloud. A View of the Cloud from India Most NGOs in India are small and highly dependent on volunteers.