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Cambodia: Responsible Tourism: Part 3

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This is the third of a three-part post about what I learned about social media, NGOs, and Social Change in Cambodia during my “ homecoming trip.” Part 1 was about NGOs in Cambodia, focusing on the work of the Sharing Foundation. Part 2 was about the Cambodian social media community.

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Cambodia: Social Media, NGOs, and Social Change: Part 1

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Two weeks ago, I took a homecoming trip to Cambodia with my family. For those of you who have been following my blogging since 2004, you already know that Cambodia is in my heart! When my husband and I were in Cambodia in 2000 to bring home Harry, our infant son, we got a blessing from a monk. p/N5Kf7LlZpl/.

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Raise Your Hand for Girls on October 11, 2012

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Not only is this unjust, it’s also a huge waste of potential with serious global consequences. Millions of girls are being denied an education right at a time when it has the power to transform their lives and the world around them. …more likely to be literate, healthy and survive into adulthood, as are her children.

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Announcing Measuring the Networked Nonprofit Book

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I am donating my royalties to support the Sharing Foundation ‘s college education program for young people in Cambodia. My family is sponsoring Keo Savon , who we met this summer in Cambodia. Share of photo of yourself with the book on Instagram or Twitter or Facebook and use the hashtag #netnon.

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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Whether I'm fundraising for Cambodia or Creative Commons , I involve my kids. We have dinner table discussions on why it is important to support causes, particularly programs in Cambodia like the Sharing Foundation. What a great way to teach your children to become more thoughtful and responsible about the world we live in.

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Nhuong Son: Why This Wired Cambodian Fundraiser Cares About Cambodian Children

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From Nhung Son's Facebook Photos Two weeks ago, Blogger Michele Martin , set up an America's Giving Challenge widget for the Sharing Foundation to support the project over at Global Giving. For most children in Cambodia this is a story that is all too common. Most children are illiterate and work on the family farm.

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Generation Rwanda: Two Stories

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The site operations a Genocide Archive, a Museum, Education and Social programs, and a memorial garden and burial grounds. While the exhibit was emotionally wrenching, not to mention disturbing, the most poignant was the children’s memorial that tells the story of innocent child victims of the genocide.

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