Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

I’m now on the prowl for examples from the nonprofit world of “Little Bets” and was excited to read about how Unicef created a fictional profile for a 13-year-old girl named Ami Musa, from the poor, war torn African country of Sierra Leone. UNICEF has a history of innovation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

A network of grandchildren was activated. Hurricane Sandy caused over 100 deaths in 10 states and left more people in the dark than any other storm in United States history. This puts New York City’s economic disparity on par with places like Sierra Leone or Namibia. How did it happen?

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

Whether quietly spearheading some of the world's most groundbreaking scientific and medical research or not-so-quietly leading revolutions on the battlefield, our history is ripe with stories of ferocious, adventurous, enlightened, and persistent women. History remembers Queen Anna Nzinga as one of the great female rulers of Africa.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

A truly remarkably story of very every day mothers and daughters in Liberia who were just so sick of the civil war between Charles Taylor, and then the rebels in Liberia, being funded with Sierra Leone diamonds essentially, that they mobilized an entire community of women around peace. It hasn't happened in Latin America's history.

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