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Storymakers 2016 Winners

Tech Soup

We received more than 600 submissions from 35+ countries, including mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong for the first time. Our Story of Tomorrow winner, SEEDS final from Seeds of Awareness , succeeds in filming youth at this moment of awakening. First, we want to thank every nonprofit and NGO who submitted.

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Youth Programs Benefit from Microsoft Donations

Tech Soup

How One NGO Serves 70,000 Children. This charity also has offices in India , Nepal , and Tanzania operates its own projects and supports partners in Tanzania, India, and Nepal and works on behalf of children in places like the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Pakistan, Peru, Cambodia, China, and Bangladesh.

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A View of the Cloud from Brazil

Tech Soup

We discussed cloud adoption in Brazil's NGO sector with Valter Cegal of TechSoup Brasil. ATN is an NGO association of over 2,000 telecenters. It is one of the rapidly emerging " BRIC " economies, along with Russia, India and China. He also points out that per capita income in the U.S.

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Conquering a Cruel Continent for a Cause

Tech Soup

The Gobi Desert in China (the windiest desert on earth). He runs these ultramarathons to raise money and generate awareness for charitable causes. His first race was dedicated to raising money for the Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT). " He also uses these ultramarathons as an opportunity to raise awareness.

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SAP Gives Back

Tech Soup

In Ghana, SAP is using their technology and volunteers in partnership with a leading NGO to help women create thriving businesses through the harvesting of shea nuts. You can, according to Wired , “compare the population across Europe and North America with the growing bubble in China. 'We’re Seven Billion Actions.

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Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead? Hogwash! - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

While direct mail may be declining in some markets since its heyday in the 90s it is still an effective form of direct communication to raise funds and the NGO brand. Cheers, Cristina Fundraising Director, Greenpeace China June 1, 2009 | Cristina San Vicente Ive raised $215,000 for the Sharing Foundation through social networking sites.

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Women's Earth Alliance: Co-Directors Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond

Have Fun - Do Good

I worked from the Russian Far East to China to the Bering Sea region to here in the United States, meeting everyday citizens who were standing up for their communities, who had a vision and, with the proper access to resources, support, and visibility, were redesigning the future as we know it. My work brought me around the world.