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International Organizations and Social Media: News, Engagement, and Social Data for Policy Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

WHO And here’s a picture of a very happy lad, Mithu, in Bangladesh, proud of his improved pit latrine. Girl Up gives American girls the opportunity to channel their energy and compassion to raise awareness and funds for programs of the United Nations that help some of the world’s hardest-to-reach adolescent girls.

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Solutionary Women: Anna Lappé of Grub

Have Fun - Do Good

And so it became really important in my mind for me to think about another project that would actually get me looking at and get me talking about what's happening in this country, with the awareness that what we do here as individuals, as consumers, as citizens, has this global effect. The way U.S.

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Grave Work

Non Profit Quarterly

Myopia undoubtedly affects those at the furthest reaches of other supply chains too – someone stitching garments in Bangladesh for Primark may not know, ultimately, which company their labour serves. It is this miserable arcadia that the supposedly more respectable sections of the Silicon elite have in mind.

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Using Photography to Change the World: An Interview with Paola Gianturco

Have Fun - Do Good

PG: I think that the one that comes to mind first is a wonderful picture of women in Kenya who are growing corn. That's one thing, be aware that every photograph you take and share has a real impact. I heard a wonderful story about a woman from Bangladesh who just scrimped to save a dollar to contribute to them.