Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 9, 2014

Philanthropy plays a role beyond what governments could do—allowing for the testing of innovative models that are responsive to local cultural contexts—and then looks to government for scaling up successful efforts. This is where philanthropy comes in.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

Two 14-year-old girls, one in the US and one in Malawi, had their lives changed when they joined forces to fight the AIDs epidemic in Africa. One of these projects is Hope Village, which provides care for orphan children with HIV in Malawi. based individuals with meaningful volunteer opportunities.

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Candid

DECEMBER 10, 2021

million for clinical effectiveness research (CER) studies aimed at improving care for adults and children across a range of health conditions. The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute has announced grants totaling $49.5 The grants will fund nine new CER studies, including three focused on telehealth and mobile health strategies.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 14, 2023

If you’re trying to feed children in Africa, show a photo or clip of those kids. Incentives: Ask local businesses for small incentives, such as gift cards or gift baskets and use these incentives throughout the campaign. You’ve sourced local businesses for gift cards or baskets. You’ve got your copy written.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

PADI AWARE Foundation is a publicly funded nonprofit whose mission is to drive local action for global ocean conservation. The Conservation, Food and Health Foundation seeks to protect natural resources, improve the production and distribution of food, and promote public health in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2012

…more likely to be literate, healthy and survive into adulthood, as are her children. …more likely to reinvest her income back into her family, community and country. …more likely to understand her rights and be a force for change.

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CauseVox

JUNE 28, 2021

Unlike many other nonprofits, Catalogue for Philanthropy used the day to raise dollars for over 200 local nonprofits in their area. The Autism Society of Minnesota hosted an interactive brunch livestream for their A Toast to AuSM event, holding virtual demonstrations from local chefs so that participants could follow along at home.

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Everyaction

JUNE 20, 2018

In June of 2018, this mandate feels more pressing than ever, as thousands of families seeking asylum are torn apart and children are held in cages at the U.S. World Refugee Day is held every year on June 20th to honor and commemorate the strength, courage and perseverance of past and current refugees across the globe. Asylum Access.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

NetSquared is TechSoup's answer to providing local tech support and learning opportunities. Uganda is no different except for one thing: its amazing NetSquared Regional Ambassador for East Africa, Robert Kibaya. Here in Uganda and Africa in general, governments do not provide for elderly people. What NGOs in Uganda Need.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2012

And where is the local community in all of this? The Kony story resonates because it’s the story of an identifible individual doing bodily harm to children. The victims are Ugandan children. Ugandan adults appear in the film to validate the work of Invisible Children, not to represent their own work.

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

The link need to be like so: Africa. Africa and Middle East. TARGET END LINKS. ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. . ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. Africa and Middle East. Asia and Pacific Rim. Central and South America.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2015

ADB's work is in three main areas: Local. At a local level, ADB operates a workshop to manufacture and recycle wooden pallets, maintain parks and greenways, and collect packaging for recycling. Clic Vert is a significant international environmental and ICT for development project that is not well known outside of France and Africa.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2010

An Orphanage Destroyed, Children Still Alive. He's passionate about helping children and obsessed with leveraging the power of "good ideas for good causes.". Worst case: The orphanage collapsed like all other concrete buildings in town and the locals might hesitate to dig out HIV infected bloody kids.

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NTEN

APRIL 24, 2012

We do this in in urban settings in Asia and Africa, where children live at the intersection of two streets: (1) worst water quality conditions and (2) greatest degrees of poverty. The children living here are our exclusive focus. In the end, we believe that children and donors are both better served.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 10, 2013

The church sponsors the Beardstown Christian Academy , which is a pre-K through 8 elementary school that serves 110 children. Most of the school equipment are P4 computers that were donated by the local utility company and are now around 10 years old. It has 300 members. Charity Technology in the Heartland.

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Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2011

multilaterals, and high-impact entrepreneurs in the social media space, mostly from the western world and Africa, besides others. “[In Africa] the race is on to find what mobiles can do in areas as disparate as public health, governance and education.” development in Africa. face and how we could help solve them.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

From locally owned neighborhood shops to the largest corporations, all companies can easily establish corporate giving programs and give back to the causes they care about. Community Grants Some companies offer community grants to help out local nonprofits in need. What Are the Benefits of Corporate Giving?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

In February 19th, Joel Comm has organized an event called " Tweetathon " on Twitter to promote and sell copies of his new book, Twitter Power: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time and help a nonprofit that supports children in Africa, China, and India. This foundation helps children at risk around the world.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

The challenges included connecting African farmers to markets, creating an online networking space for women veterans, mapping Africa’s natural resources, and a few others. While the challenges were focused mainly on local or statewide issues, they came up with solutions that could be adopted for national issues as well.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

a Skokie Public Library program that provides specialized services, programs, and resources for children with special needs. 3D printing at your local library? We have partners in Asia, Africa, and all over Europe. Technology for Good Goes Global. TechSoup's efforts are global-reaching. The ReStart Romania. Initiative.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 5, 2011

As a company, they works to have a positive impact on the local communities around the world where it has offices. Symantec’s grant is applied toward their Global Partnership Businesswomen’s Network in the Middle East and North Africa. Matching Gifts, Dollars for Doers, and Nonprofit Board Service.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Some include the Red Cross, The Weather Channel, local newspapers, Craigslist, and others. On September 11, despite having reunited several families, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children had a list of 1,600 children listed as missing by their parents, or who were seeking their families.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 27, 2008

Children's book depicting breastfeeding babies and toddlers b. Go Localing.com: Help support local business by listing user-generated local favorite things to do, see and eat e. Meaningful Education in Africa for the Average Child: Lead Now Fellows f. Which do you think is a better idea? Girl Talk: Read to Achieve d.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

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. I have two favorites: The Sharing Foundation which supports children in Cambodia and Creative Commons.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 2, 2005

My friend Gabriela Masala sent me some more good giftie ideas: For the children on her list, she bought High in the Clouds a children's book by Sir Paul McCartney, Geoff Dunbar and Phillip Ardagh. She and her husband and their local community also "adopted" a village in Africa of approximately 3,600 people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2006

After studying irrigation and soil and water conservation, which pays attention to the interface between social systems and irrigation technology in developing countries, she worked for ten years in Africa. " She has worked in Africa as a trainer and later as an organisational advisor. PersonallyI see a huge potential for web2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

For example, Mizfit is donated a dime per comment to a local women's shelter. But in many places around the world, children can't attend school because there isn't a school building, teachers, or supplies. September is Hunger Awareness Month so why not give a donation of canned goods and cash to your local food bank?

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 7, 2007

Campaign supporters are asked to bring pies to their local Congressional offices and let their Congresspeople know that "Peace wants a Piece of the Pie" (the federal budget). PeacePlayers International is a nonprofit organization that uses basketball to unite and educate children and their communities in conflict and post-conflict areas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2006

Almost ten years ago, she founded a nonprofit organization, The Sharing Foundation , dedicated to meeting the physical, emotional, educational, and medical needs of orphaned and seriously- disadvantaged children in Cambodia. be it Cambodia, Africa or Haiti.??? s garment industry. Sina and her younger sisters. ???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2017

For me, this means that I don’t own a TV or watch the local news. Or maybe you buy Girl Scout Cookies or make a one time donation to the canvasser outside your office building raising money to save the whales or feed children in Africa. So you give money and volunteer.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 22, 2010

Its founders, Willie and Mell Pruitt, came to the area in the 1950s and were concerned that no one seemed to be documenting the history of the local African American community. My favorite part was a wall of photos and transcribed oral histories from local elderly community members. Jesus” to help them deliver fourteen children.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2005

As education-committee chairwoman Nancy Benkof explained: "In struggling regions such as Africa, rural India and the Middle East, the sale of locally produced folk art can provide income to feed families, educate children and stabilize lives disrupted by war and dislocation."

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

"Now, 18 months later, all of Juana's children are in school. We make a huge effort to disseminate our news locally via radio partnerships, and other satellite partnerships, so that the people in the communities we serve are benefiting from our news first. Many of our trainees and journalists in Nepal do have children.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

So many of these women are local leaders, and Women's Global Green Action Network is attempting to provide a space for women to step into roles of being global advocates, and to really have a more prevalent platform for the messages and the work that they are doing. We also take part in trainings that are relevant to most of their work.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 17, 2009

There were two nonprofit impressions – one “portions of the proceeds” from the bottled water they provided supported clean water in Africa and the second was the opportunity pay a little more to a charity that provided birthday parties for kids that could not afford them.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

.” Sickle cell is kind of a low, you know, visibility, but a high mortality rate in East Africa, and it’s not being addressed. But Phil openly admits, “You know, our core competency is planning churches and feeding children.” So there’s a need. You know, here’s the vision, run with it.”

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 2, 2007

So women cook, clean and take care of their children, and these are all uncompensated activities. We don't know how to think about the pricing so that you could actually compare a basket in Cambodia to a basket in Africa and make sure both artisans had been paid fairly." We are not thinking about this alone.

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