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BlogHers Act and Other Ways to Help Myanmar Cyclone Victims

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Flickr Photo by Jacques de Goldfiem Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar last weekend devastating five regions. " Save the Children , one of the few relief agencies allowed to operate in-country, said the toll would rise sharply in the coming days as more victims were found in difficult to reach areas. And BlogHer has responded.

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Children's Birthday Parties with a Purpose

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I liked a couple party ideas from their site: A treasure hunt where everything the guests find is donated to a children's hospital. Here are more ideas from the blogosphere: The Mom Salon writes about ECHOage: Teaching Children About Giving Back. Flickr photo credit: Birthday Cake 08 uploaded by Anne Norman.

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Meet A Cambodian BlogHer: Sopheap Chak

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

photo by Oso Sopheap blogs at ifocus with the tagline ???three This was a trip to bring urban young people to experience life in a rural area and to deliver school supplies for children who live in the province and are very poor. I can talk about my volunteer efforts to help poor children in the remote province.

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Why is this Cambodian Orphan Wearing A Creative Commons T-Shirt?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Cambodia4kids Flickr Photos. That's a photo I took this summer of a child at the Sharing Foundation 's Roteang Orphanage. Nast who writes a placeblog called BlogWindsor and Femilicious at BlogHer this summer. In fact, the photo I took of my kids wearing it won the Creative Commons photo contest ! I meet Candace N.

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How do you encourage your kids to contribute to charity or causes?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Winners of the Creative Commons Photo Contest, 2006. I'm working on a piece for the BlogHer Holiday Guide about encouraging children to contribute causes and charities. In our family, I involve my kids in various fundraising activities - from Cambodia to Creative Commons.

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Steve Bridger Interviews Camera Rwanda about NGOS and Flickr

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Pearl Children Care Center I discovered Camera Rwanda's beautiful photo stream when I wrote about it on blogher last January. Steve Bridger from NFP 2.0 just posted an interview with her entitled " Camera Rwands: Storytelling using Flickr."

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Cutest Have Fun * Do Good T-shirt Models Ever

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I sent Beth Kanter a Have Fun * Do Good t-shirt to thank her for being such a fabulous co-editor with me on BlogHer and the NetSquared blog. She posted the cutest photo of her children, Harry and Sara, wearing it together. Photo credit: Have Fun * Do Good T-Shirt by Beth Kanter. flickr Beth Kanter

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