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5 Ways To Expand Financial Inclusion For The World’s Poor

Global Giving

Raising money for personal causes, and medical fundraising, in particular, is having a moment in places like India with crowdfunding websites like GlobalGiving’s partner, Impact Guru. As people become digitally connected, they gain access fundraise from empathetic individuals around the world. Blockchain to combat corruption.

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Nine Digital Marketing Lessons Nonprofits Can Learn from charity: water

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Their marketing has tangible results: in 2012 alone they raised $33 million, and over $8 million of that was raised through their online fundraising platform. As each fundraiser shares their campaign with their personal network via word of mouth and online, the number of people who know about charity: water quickly multiplies.

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To Profit or Not To Profit, That Is The Microfinance Question

Have Fun - Do Good

On October 13th Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the Grameen Bank, which provides credit to the rural poor of Bangladesh. Photo credit: Money Money Money by Whatknot/Jack. Microfinance and microcredit are all the rage among do-gooders right now. is well worth debating."

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