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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And while video games like Zoo Tycoon or online games can teach them all sorts of skills that will need to be successful adults (and this has been validated recently by a MacArthur Foundation funded study ,) I was excited to discover this wonderful list of games for change. They created the Popcorn For Kids Campaign.

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Encouraging Philanthropy at a Young Age: Teaching Your Kids To Give To Causes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Save the Children has just launched an inspiring and informative catalog that lets you and your child explore a map of the world and imagine how simple gifts, vitamins for infants, library books for kids in rural America, or an apple tree in Ethiopia are extraordinary resources. "Time, enthusiasm, expertise, skills.it

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Tech Across Your Org: Program and Fundraising Innovation Sprung from an Internal Technology Project

NTEN

In the early years, we were working in China, Nepal, Cambodia, and Ethiopia, where we now purify water for over 200,000 kids daily. We do this in in urban settings in Asia and Africa, where children live at the intersection of two streets: (1) worst water quality conditions and (2) greatest degrees of poverty.

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The Networked NGO in India

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I learned this technique from Cheryl Francisconi, director of the IIE Addis-Ababa Office in Ethiopia, last month in Rwanda ,who uses a stone that has been held by many people. This is the holy grail of a peer learning group – one that builds it knowledge and share it and is not reliant on the “expert.”

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[VIDEO] 5 Must-Do’s of Year-End Fundraising Success

Bloomerang

So I’m going to teach you what works so you don’t have to make the mistakes that I did. Paul to teach them a bit about what goes on in Ethiopia, or Uganda, or wherever their camps are. I think our days and our brains can sometimes feel like this calculation. . I’ve made a ton of mistakes.

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Instagram for Nonprofits: A Beginner’s Guide

Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

Ecosia, a nonprofit search engine which uses its revenue to plant trees , is currently planting trees in Ethiopia. There’s no one way to gain popularity on Instagram, and you will see thousands of posts promising to teach you how to gain followers. You can separate your highlights into categories. Let’s explore an example.

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UNIFEM, Women-Owned Businesses & Rwanda Knits

Have Fun - Do Good

Before the ceremony, the training continued in [the] morning, with the IWACU instructor teaching the women how to create an income statement and balance sheet.Then it was time for graduation for the students who had attended the business training seminar. Photo credit: Ethiopia 3 by babasteve unifem women social entrepreneur

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