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Why Building Resilient Networks Matter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Crowdsourcing also provided information on gas stations that were still open (and where lines were actually moving). This puts New York City’s economic disparity on par with places like Sierra Leone or Namibia. In Haiti, for example, which was not even in the storm’s direct path, Sandy wiped out 40% of the autumn crop.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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And yes, it may mean that a group in Argentina, that is certainly deserving by our basic standards, may not get a grant this year, so that we can support very worthwhile and important requests from a group that has even less access to resources in Haiti. Those are some of the ways in which we try to make those decisions.

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