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New data for strategic disaster philanthropy 

Candid

Hurricane Dorian caused catastrophic damage in the Bahamas and parts of the eastern United States. Cyclone Idai struck Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, causing widespread flood destruction. In 2019, millions of people around the world were affected by disasters and humanitarian crises.

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How Faith-Based Hope Endeavors Effectively Fights the AIDS Epidemic and Changes Lives in the U.S. and Africa

Tech Soup

Two 14-year-old girls, one in the US and one in Malawi, had their lives changed when they joined forces to fight the AIDs epidemic in Africa. Through the creation hope-giving projects that serve the most vulnerable in Malawi, the organization connects U.S.-based The two girls met at Hope Village Orphan Care Center in Malawi.

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CEO’s Update: Fall 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Brennan has Retinitis Pigmentosa, a degenerative eye disease that causes severe vision impairment and blindness. Revelations about government interception of these confidential stories has caused us to redouble our efforts to lower the barrier to the use of strong, secure crypto software like Martus.

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Vote for the Best Social Change and Technology Projects at Netsquared!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It's really hard to narrow it down to 5-10 projects, but here's a sampling of the diversity of projects and causes represented. Community-Owned Telecenter Project in Malawi. Fair Trade Language Tutoring Via WebCam. Creative Commons suggests. Aspiration's Social Source Commons. Avatar Action Center.

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How to Use Causes for Your Year-End Fundraising Appeal

NTEN

Susan Gordon, Causes. At Causes, the application on Facebook, we’re releasing huge improvements to our fundraising and communications tools just in time for the year-end giving season. Causes has just updated their Fundraising Projects feature so nonprofits can effectively do project-based fundraising campaigns through Facebook. .

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Vote Now: Ten Sessions We Want to See at NTC

Care2

How do you inspire and empower your community to effectively raise funds for your cause? We’ll hear from nonprofits that have used concrete project-based fundraising to build libraries in India, heat the homes of Native Americans in South Dakota and even send 5,000 girls to school in Malawi.

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