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Meet A Cambodian BlogHer: Sopheap Chak

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photo by Oso Sopheap blogs at ifocus with the tagline ???three She started her blog this year in May, 2007 because it was an opportunity for self-expression. How come there are not so many BlogHers in Cambodia? Cross posted on BlogHer three dimensions of life.??? She has worked for that NGO for almost two years.

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Giving When You're Unemployed: It Could Make You Happier and Wealthier

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A September 2007 Ode magazine article, Giving Makes Us Happy , describes a 60-year study by Paul Wink of Wellesley College that followed the lives of about 200 people. Arthur Brooks' September 2007 article in the Journal of Economics and Finance , Does Giving Makes Us Prosperous ?, Cross-posted from BlogHer.

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Beth Terry, Fake Plastic Fish: How I Have Fun, Do Good

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Beth has been living plastic-free since 2007 and blogs about her adventures at FakePlasticFish.com. Photo: My friend Eli and I at the 2009 Bay to Breakers. The eighth guest blogger in my have fun, do good series is Beth Terry. She is also an advisor to the Plastic Pollution Coalition and a contributing editor for BlogHer.com.

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Mary Joyce: Global Social Change Blogher - Her Latest: Free Monem Campaign

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Mary Joyce in front of her campaign posts during a recent trip to Lagos to set up computer equipment for the OpenNet Initiative in April, 2007 (Photo from her Flickr stream).

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Get Involved in Gustav Online Volunteer Efforts

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Photo by Christine As you know by now, Hurricane Gustav looks even more destructive than Katrina (see this round up from Lisa Stone, BlogHer , of the news reports and links). Three years ago, in the wake of the devastating storm, social media and others started organizing online. discussion on Gustav Information site.

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Gift the Gift of Charity: Make A Contribution to any of these Fabulous Organizations

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Photo by Life in Africa For this week's BlogHer Holiday Guide post, I needed to come up with a list of nonprofit organizations or causes that BlogHer readers may consider making a donation to as part of their year-end giving. Photo by Dmason. Help Special Needs Children Improve Social Skills. Adopt An Acre of Rainforest.

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Nonprofits and NGOs Celebrate International Women's Day

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Fellow BlogHer Contributing Editor, Beth Kanter, writes about the fundraising Twitter campaign for CARE happening in conjunction with the film in her post, Tweetathon To Honor International Women's Day and To Spread The Word About A Powerful Noise Live. The film is being presented by Fathom Events, CARE , ONE , and the U.N.