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How Faith-Based Hope Endeavors Effectively Fights the AIDS Epidemic and Changes Lives in the U.S. and Africa

Tech Soup

Two 14-year-old girls, one in the US and one in Malawi, had their lives changed when they joined forces to fight the AIDs epidemic in Africa. Through the creation hope-giving projects that serve the most vulnerable in Malawi, the organization connects U.S.-based The two girls met at Hope Village Orphan Care Center in Malawi.

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How can nonprofits build public trust through accountability to beneficiaries?

ASU Lodestar Center

Many in the sector may agree with the concept of downward accountability but struggle to effectively put it into practice. Without addressing unequal power relations, participation won’t lead to effective downward accountability. Beneficiaries have rated organizational effectiveness lower than the staff, managers, or board members.

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How Faith-Based Hope Endeavors Effectively Fights the AIDS Epidemic and Changes Lives in the U.S. and Africa

Tech Soup

Two 14-year-old girls, one in the US and one in Malawi, had their lives changed when they joined forces to fight the AIDS epidemic in Africa. This is the story of how a Michigan faith based organization called Hope Endeavors leads significant humanitarian work from a home office.( read more ).

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New data for strategic disaster philanthropy 

Candid

Our collective attention has been almost singularly focused on the pandemic and its global effects. Cyclone Idai struck Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, causing widespread flood destruction. The COVID-19 pandemic has filled our newsfeeds, our schools, our politics, and our living rooms for two years.

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Vote for the Best Social Change and Technology Projects at Netsquared!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You can cast your ballot for the projects that you think most effectively use the social web for social change. Community-Owned Telecenter Project in Malawi. Starting this week, you can vote for the best NetSquared Innovation Fund Award nominated projects until Saturday, April 14th at Noon PDT. Avatar Action Center.

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Rapidly Rehousing: A Nonprofit’s Use of Modular Homes

NonProfit Hub

Rapidly Rehousing: A Nonprofit’s Use of Modular Homes When Cyclone Gombe devastated Malawi, it left many families displaced without housing. Through an innovative partnership with Nostos Homes, Habitat built a modular community in rural Malawi in just a week. Traditional rebuilding takes years, leaving victims vulnerable.

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How to Use Causes for Your Year-End Fundraising Appeal

NTEN

Causes has just updated their Fundraising Projects feature so nonprofits can effectively do project-based fundraising campaigns through Facebook. . And Camfed raised $4,500 to build a roof on a school in Malawi , then turned around and funded another $3,386 project to give shoes to schoolgirls in Zimbabwe. .

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