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5 Organizations To Support On World Refugee Day

Everyaction

In June of 2018, this mandate feels more pressing than ever, as thousands of families seeking asylum are torn apart and children are held in cages at the U.S. Their model of empowerment amplifies the voices of refugee communities, allowing them to act as their own champions. border, all during the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis.

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March Cause Awareness: Women’s History Month

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Nonprofits to donate to Women Helping Women Fund The Women Helping Women Fund is based in Spokane, Washington and dedicated to empowering women and children in the community. Their grantees come from all over the world and the fund partners with organizations thematically with a current focus on economic empowerment.

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Five Lessons for Creating an Effective (and Accountable) Nonprofit Board

Blue Avocado

Growing Pains Founded in 1926, AbilityFirst (formerly known as the Crippled Children’s Society of Southern California or CCS) was created to help children with polio and other physical disabilities, and I was hired in 1998 to turn around this disability service organization. After five years, we finally balanced the budget.

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Spotlight on South Africa: Nonprofit Profiles from SANGONeT

Tech Soup

The Media and Training Centre for Health specializes in the design and development of community learning models that promote health and empowerment in marginalized communities. Children and Education. Heaven Children's Haven gives full-time support and counseling to children in care of social services.

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In what is known as the “ braille provision ,” the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2004 mandates that the teams who help write educational plans for students with disabilities presume that all blind and visually impaired children should be taught Braille unless it is determined to be inappropriate.

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'Thanks to Public Allies, I am Now, and Forever, an Agent of Impact'

ASU Lodestar Center

Starting out, my main focus was recruiting community members to become change makers and role models in children’s lives—also known as Big Brothers and Big Sisters. At BBBS, my work has consistently been about engaging and empowering others.

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WORTH Trust Solves Tech Woes to Help More Kids in India

Tech Soup

WORTH Trust uses a two-pronged model that addresses challenges faced by people with different abilities at various levels. Not only does WORTH work towards creating a barrier-free world for the physically challenged, it does this work with the help of people who have different abilities, creating a circle of empowerment.

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