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Unicef’s Little Bet on Pinboard

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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.

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UN World Food Programme Featured in Blood Diamond

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The WFP provided food aid from 1991-2002 during the civil war in Sierra Leone. On the WFP site you can: * Read about "Blood, Diamonds and Hunger" and the WFP's work in Sierra Leone. Read an interview with Paul Arè s , the former WFP regional manager for West Africa, about his experience in Sierra Leone in the 1990s.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We have multiple projects going right now in Sierra Leone. State has an active program tracking the state of human rights around the world. And, of course, there are many human rights and social justice issues in Africa. Our big news is major support for more work by Benetech in Africa, thanks to the U.S. Department of State.

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Why Building Resilient Networks Matter

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A network of grandchildren was activated. This puts New York City’s economic disparity on par with places like Sierra Leone or Namibia. For weeks after the storm, the same network that helped rescue my parents has remained active on text, email, and social media. How did it happen?

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

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She took an active role in the independence movement aimed at relinquishing Ottoman rule over Greec e, investing her own fortune into securing arms, ships, and otherwise equipping the soldiers under her command. Olivia Bouler's environmental activism started early. Laskarina Bouboulina. Embassy personnel. Nellie Bly. Charlotte Cooper.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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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.

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