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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Women for Women International

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Which tool has been surprisingly useful in getting out the word about your organization and its programs? I feel very lucky to work in a field I enjoy at an organization whose mission I support and who encourages the voices of everyone to be heard—our staff, our supporters and the women in our programs. Book Tour Sponsors ?.

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Hackathons for Good: Techies, Thinkers, and Activists Unite

Tech Soup

While many hackathons for good are run by nonprofits, there are some corporate-sponsored events as well. Microsoft's International Women's Hackathon challenged female developers to combat issues like human trafficking through new mobile apps and web programs. The project is run by Fundacja TechSoup and Dokukino.

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Interview with Zainab Salbi, Founder of Women for Women International

Have Fun - Do Good

This is my second year as a "sister," which means that I pay $27 a month to support one woman for a year while she goes through a program to help her rebuild her life after war. It's a one-year program. We work in countries like Congo, Rwanda, Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, among others. You get her picture.

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What is Your Favorite Social Action of 2008?

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My favorite social action was being a sponsor for Jacinta Onoro, a Nigerian woman participating in Women for Women International. Women for Women International supports women survivors of war in conflict and post-conflict areas (Afghanistan, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Sudan).

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Support Women Survivors of War with $27/month

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"The program 'has dared me to hope-of having a house, of living in peace, of reclaiming my dynamism, my dignity. The show ended, and I immediately signed up to be a Women for Women International sponsor. Women for Women is a nonprofit that pairs women survivors of war with women sponsors all over the world.

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