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Spotlight on South Africa: Nonprofit Profiles from SANGONeT

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TechSoup's partner in Africa, SANGONeT , has compiled case studies and profiles of the South African nonprofits and charities they serve. The goal of these case studies is to raise awareness of the impact these nonprofits are making in South Africa. This township is one of the poorest areas in South Africa. Art and Media.

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Quick Guide to Grants for Nonprofits: Tips, Resources & More

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Government The government provides grants at federal, state, and local levels to ease the burden of overhead or administration costs for nonprofits like yours. For example, the federal government often provides funding to state and local governments for formula grants that benefit federal programs. The Ford Foundation granted $1.07

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5 Organizations To Support On World Refugee Day

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Asylum Access focuses on refugees from Africa, Asia, and Latin America (the areas with most of the world’s refugees), and works to help refugees assert their rights in the present and transform systems for a safer and more just future. Asylum Access. World Relief.

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International Women’s Day: Using Technology to Empower Women and Girls

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is an outrage that girls account for 74% of all new HIV infections among adolescents in Africa, and 40% of women on the continent suffer from anemia which results in 20% of maternal deaths. I’ve been committed to working on technology capacity building for organizations serving Women and Girls empowerment.

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Get Help in Telling the Story of Your Nonprofit's Impact

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If you don't have a local group (I can help fix that problem! ), there are also free online guides and a global Twitter chat October 5 using the hashtag #storymakers2017. The link need to be like so: Africa. Africa and Middle East. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Asia and Pacific Rim.

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A Review of the Guardian ACTIVATE Summit in London

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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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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. FORGE serves 60,000 refugees in three different refugee camps in Southern Africa, and is an official operating partner of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR ).