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UNICEF Shares 4 Ways to Reverse COVID-19’s Impact on Children

Saleforce Nonprofit

Today is UNICEF’s birthday, marking 75 years of delivering critical services and creating safer and healthier environments for children and families around the world. Over the past 75 years, UNICEF has made great strides toward helping all children realize their right to health, education, and protection. Reimagine disaster spending.

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Lessons from 2019 to maximize future disaster giving decisions

Candid

Earlier this month, Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) released the eighth edition of our annual Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy report. global disaster-related?philanthropy,?analyzing?funding Support underfunded areas of the disaster lifecycle. In it, we examined?available?2019?data

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Resources to Help Those Impacted By Hurricane Ian

Blue Fox

Support and Donate Statewide & General Relief American Red Cross - Hurricane Ian Relief | redcross.org Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s 2022 Hurricane Season Fund | disasterphilanthropy.org Good360 - Short and Long-Term Relief | good360.org Support Blue Fox Clients in Florida - They Need Your Help More than Ever!

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Philanthropy’s response to the Turkey and Syria earthquake 

Candid

The disaster also displaced over 1.9 Multilateral support for disaster relief and humanitarian aid began soon after the earthquakes with the World Bank releasing $1.78 Disaster relief giving by individuals and family foundations Candid’s Philanthropy News Digest (PND) has been tracking news about support efforts. billion ($1.6

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

My contribution to the panel is to provide context about the use of social media in emergency and disaster response as well as an overview of some of the tools we saw deployed last year and we may see in the future. Millions of editors on Wikipedia and it’s rise in public use was climbing. Citizen-Powered Response. Direct Content.

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5 Ways Libraries Support Disaster Relief and Recovery

Tech Soup

The Saskatoon Public Library opened its doors to these evacuees, and staff members stepped up their efforts to help the evacuees communicate with their family and friends. "This is what a public library is all about," said Carol Cooler, the director of libraries and CEO at the Saskatoon Public Library in a press statement.

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Nonprofit Mission Statements vs. Vision Statements

Whole Whale

Teach for America’s vision statement is that one day, all children in this nation will have the opportunity to attain an excellent education. . David And Lucile Packard Foundation : Improving the lives of children, enabling the creative pursuit of science, advancing reproductive health, conserving and restoring the earth’s natural systems.