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MAY 26, 2011

countries are examining ways to use mobiles and nonprofits can help to. was used to help find missing political dissidents. For those nonprofits working on economic issues - In Kenya, the M-Pesa. According to the report the mobile has “helped reduce vulnerability and increase. Developing. spur this along.

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Mobile Phone Develop Pakistan 52

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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Empowerment for our participants comes from connecting to an inner wisdom that is often kept hidden from public view, but is a place of extraordinary innate strength and well being. She then went on to hold several Traveling Postcards workshops both in her own community, and then in Kenya! First of all, you can make a postcard!

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Costa Rica Interview Afghanistan Artist 60

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JUNE 19, 2009

Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. The projects can range from preschools, to libraries and computer training centers, to women empowerment programs. They can create the change makers.

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DECEMBER 28, 2006

It could be training in information and communication technology, or it could be a training on a local water filter that would be helpful for people to bring to their communities. Melinda: Well, it might be helpful to explain the origin of Women's Global Green Action Network, because it helps to describe how we are structured.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

If your angle is using this training as an outlet for local empowerment and development, then you very much want to bring in mentorship. We brought professional empowerment mentors and coaches, and also professional editors. We even get Skypes from a woman from Kenya named Leah, who was one of our first grassroots women reporters.

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Voice Global Saudi Arabia Journal 69

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OCTOBER 6, 2010

One thing I wanted to ask you about is, I've become increasingly interested in the power of circles, whether it's for fundraising, or I just did a tele-class, which encouraged people to create circles to help them achieve their goals. The essence of Dining for Women is connection, education, and self-empowerment. It was wonderful.

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Chapter Uganda Giving Interview 57

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2013

That said, in 2012 I had the opportunity to travel to Africa and Asia and from those travel experiences three themes emerged that inspired the selection of this year’s nonprofits: 1) Women’s and girls empowerment; 2) Conservation of wildlife and wild lands; and 3) Access to medical care. Ewaso Lions :: @ EwasoLions.

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Conservancy Nicaragua Kenya National 277

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NOVEMBER 28, 2007

"[T]hose of us who take pictures, even for our own personal trips, and share those pictures with friends, because we have that skill, also have an obligation to help people understand each other more completely. Britt Bravo: In so many of the groups you profiled, the women were using the arts for education, empowerment, or healing.

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Photography Interview Zimbabwe Change 40

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NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Consulted with some peer social entrepreneurs about whether we could help them with specific technology for their nonprofits. Nairobi, Kenya Next I headed to Nairobi, Kenya. This time, I had the benefit of help. Met with a big NYC disability services provider about a possible Bookshare partnership.

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JUNE 29, 2006

The slogan is "Green Collar Jobs, not Jails" and what we're trying to promote a big vision which includes being able to employ formerly incarcerated people from the Oakland area, "at risk" -- quote unquote -- people from this area into jobs which don't hurt the environment, that actually help sustain us as a community.

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Arts Podcast Action Interview 40

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APRIL 2, 2008

They help us by going to visit the groups, by recommending groups to us, and by talking about some of the broader challenges that face women in the particular context that they are in. What are those issues or areas right now that you are seeing really need the most help? Could I make a contribution?"

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Global Fund Interview United States 44