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How Save the Children Is Using An Edgy Infographic As Part of A Multi-Channel Campaign for Children in Syria

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Save the Children’s Ettoré Rossetti, Director of Digital Marketing & Social Media for Save the Children USA, emailed me an infographic on the impact of the Syria crisis on children. The crisis in Syria is now entering year three and the situation is getting worse for children not better. Seems a little edgy?

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What happened in 2020 disaster philanthropy beyond COVID-19?  

Candid

federal agencies, donor-advised funds, and giving platforms. In the annual disaster philanthropy report, we tracked nearly $37 million in wildfire funding to date in 2020 by institutional philanthropy. Millions are also internally displaced within Syria. i What did the remaining $223 million in disaster aid address?

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Leveraging Technology to Respond to Global Crises

Cloud 4 Good

Shifting Quickly to Support International Crises. One of the most critical and well-known international crises today is happening in Ukraine. For example, they started a community-driven savings and loans program to help offset displacement costs or provide the funds needed to create a new business.

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The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

Tech Soup

She is our vice president of development alliances and global media for TechSoup Global’s domestic and international programs. They have teamed up with the American Islamic Congress and the FREE Syria Foundaiton to bring their “ Interrupters Program ” to over 130 Syrian volunteers working on the ground there.

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Leaders in Nonprofit Technology: Daniel Ben-Horin

Tech Soup

With initial funding of $2,500, he started the CompuMentor Project to match computer enthusiast volunteers called computer mentors with Bay Area nonprofits that needed the help. CompuMentor in due course turned into TechSoup when it became a national nonprofit, and TechSoup Global in 2008 after it had become an international organization.

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Building the World You Want: 6 Nonprofit Campaigns to Consider on International Day of Charity

EveryAction

Enter, International Day of Charity. Held on September 5th in commemoration of the passing of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, International Day of Charity encourages citizens, NGOs, and stakeholders around the world to help others through volunteer and philanthropic activities. Go-getter, Innovator, Risk-taker, Leader). Get Involved.

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Crowdsourcing Skills for Human Rights via Movements.org

Tech Soup

After taking degrees at UCLA and Tel Aviv University and completing a tour of duty with the Israeli Army, Keyes became coordinator for democracy programs under famed Soviet dissident and Israeli minister Natan Sharansky. They are the aforementioned CyberDissidents, and Advancing Human Rights, which he co-founded with Robert L.

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