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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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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. We have the opportunity to fail.

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Shouldn’t the Word Phone Be Removed from Mobile? The Use of the Mobile by Nonprofits for Development

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Nonprofits in the developed world can also learn a lot from. nonprofit world can and should learn more about its usage to better. Sudan caused a 0.12% increase in the country’s GDP growth rate, partly. opportunities, improve social empowerment, reduce the need to undertake. what is happening elsewhere.

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Mobilizing Donors and Activists in an Overwhelmed World

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Learn about the organization you will be donating to. The Genocide Intervention Network has a good list of 10 Ways You Can Take Action Today including writing to elected officials, divesting from Sudan, holding an awareness raising event, and creating a video for 24 Hours for Darfur. Find a circle near you.

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

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One thing I have learned about myself is that I have to adapt and shift. They wanted more training in-depth, and they wanted to really learn how to use all these different tools to get ahead in life and advance their dreams. They came from Sudan, from Saudi Arabia, from all over, some of the most unheard places of the world.

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