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Philanthropy during COVID-19 in Brazil 

Candid

The following case study from Brazil reveals how the social sector responded and adapted to the challenges and opportunities created by COVID-19. . Brazil’s culture of giving and philanthropy has been growing since the 1980s.

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Remembering Franklin Thomas

Candid

I was hired to work for Ford Foundation in 1991 as a program officer in Brazil, when Frank was still President. On that same trip Frank and Susan took to Brazil, we had organized a series of events and workshops so that they could meet grantees and understand the challenging transition Brazil was undergoing from dictatorship to democracy.

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Lessons from 2019 to maximize future disaster giving decisions

Candid

The Urgent Action Fund for Latin America and the Caribbean demonstrated this in 2019 when it awarded Articulação Nacional das Pescadoras Bahia a grant of $5,743 to strengthen women’s grassroots organizing in Brazil. Cargill Foundation awarded several multi-year disaster grants in 2019. To meet this need, the Margaret A.

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Telework Tales: The Tools We Use to Stay Connected (Part 1)

Tech Soup

I worked remotely full-time during much of 2014 when my husband and I relocated to Brazil for nine months. During my time in Brazil, I participated in meetings as much if not more frequently than when I am in the home office. In this series of blog posts, TechSoup staff will share our telework experience.

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Upcoming Nonprofits Live: Storytelling and Collaborative Video

Tech Soup

employers in Brazil and the US. In Brazil, David wrote and directed. was awarded a Knight 2010 News Challenge grant for Stroome , a collaborative video editing and publishing platform designed to. His forthcoming. newscasts for CurrentTV. A recognized thought leader in the field of collaborative media, Tom.

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The Oak Foundation just awarded us a grant to provide accessible content to people with qualifying learning differences (like dyslexia) in Brazil, India, and the United Kingdom. The next 10X opportunity is to go global, by ramping up Bookshare International to serve the millions of people with print disabilities worldwide.

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Participation in Storytelling: Collaborative Video on Nonprofits Live

Tech Soup

His forthcoming book, Você Vai me Servir ("You Will Serve Me," Annablume Publishers, São Paulo, 2012) is a comparative ethnographic study of relationships between domestic workers and their employers in Brazil and the US. In Brazil, David wrote and directed newscasts for CurrentTV.