ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Since the 1980s, nonprofit, for-profit and public organizations have formed partnerships to produce and distribute various goods and services. It is estimated that 15 percent of children do not have any shoes to put on their feet, so this is indeed a necessity to children worldwide. Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

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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Givinga

JANUARY 26, 2021

We’ve all faced the impact of COVID-19 – from job loss to home-schooling our children to mental health concerns, or much worse – but in keeping with the resiliency of the human spirit, the scale and scope of the pandemic has driven innovation. A look back at 2020 shows that unprecedented challenges often lead to unexpected opportunity.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

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. Kliptown Youth Programme provides after-school activities and educational support to disadvantaged children from the Kliptown area.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2014

Human trafficking survivors are better able to access the kinds of resources necessary to get safe and stable housing, social services, and economic empowerment. In our case, one of the finalists was the human trafficking housing locator from Polaris Project and the New Jersey Department of Children and Families.

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Tech Soup

MAY 8, 2012

in Oklahoma is one of the frontline organizations that addresses these and other issues in a very interesting way – starting with the children. I had a chance to chat with Heather Hale who is their web and publications director, and primary IT person in the organization. The American Indian Resource Center, Inc.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 17, 2016

We need more empowerment in this world, and these institutions offer it. Children's Museum of Pittsburgh is a terrific place to visit AND a leading force in diverse regional projects to support youth development. They are funded primarily by foundations (or are foundations themselves). Do we have to choose one or the other?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Close the circle with thank yous, public acknowledgement, and light touches that aren’t asks. Father McKenna Center : The McKenna Center serves the needs of the poor, men, women and children through a variety of programs funded by generous individuals, religious orders and institutions, foundations and government grants.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Empowerment, Shelter, and Support. " The organization serves women, men, and children fleeing domestic violence. We also participate in the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence's social media campaign to engage the public on conversations about DV." Brighter Tomorrows, Inc.: " "STAND!

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Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2011

“[In Africa] the race is on to find what mobiles can do in areas as disparate as public health, governance and education.” " Alec Ross, Senior Adviser to US Secretary of State, speaking on Open Governance. “Vision is just as important as technology. On the core.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

The mission statement of One Laptop per Child is artfully constructed: "To create educational opportunities for the world's poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning." Money, it's a drag.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2007

Practically, what this means is that the principle component of our program is a Community Health Action Committee (CHAG), responsible for designing, implementing, and evaluating their own public health and social development projects. Empowerment” is a word that has become completely cheapened through overuse.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Empowerment for our participants comes from connecting to an inner wisdom that is often kept hidden from public view, but is a place of extraordinary innate strength and well being. We know that creativity and freedom of expression go a long way in educating children to be tolerant and open minded.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 12, 2022

When children can not achieve their full potential, it tears at a countries’ social fabric and directly diminishes its economic growth. This means that every one in 10 children age five and over in the world today are trapped in child labour. Realizing Children’s Right to Education.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 13, 2009

Tuesday was my first day volunteering with the "reading partners" program at my neighborhood public elementary school. Every week I get to go in and read with the same two children for a half an hour each in the school library. Organizations like these teach everything from sports, to science, to the arts, to girl empowerment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2007

The project's intent is to educate and inform the public on important issues around the world, and connect individuals to organizations. All of the photos on the site are submitted by the public. " There are links to several charities that provide support and assistance to children in developing countries.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 12, 2022

Before the global pandemic, intergenerational poverty and entrenched patterns of inequality dampened the future livelihoods of millions of children and their families across the globe. CRUS’ Innovation and Growth Fund , launched in 2021, will contribute significantly to the global movement to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Virtual Parent/Family Education - Richard Wollenberger This tool will provide video chat help for parents with children aged P-5/6; Trained parent educators will provide research-based support for specific early childhood issues via video chat. Design solutions for collaboration, empowerment, global views, and self awareness.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 29, 2009

SC: I'd started working with an organization called YouthAIDS which provides services and products to children worldwide who are affected by the HIV/AIDS crisis. This challenge benefited the Cambodian Children's Fund out of Cambodia. You shouldn't beat your wives and your children." I raised a lot of money. I thought, "Great.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

Britt Bravo: In so many of the groups you profiled, the women were using the arts for education, empowerment, or healing. The children are ages 6-16, and they're making huge strides by leading a national movement against child rape in Zimbabwe. People write poems, and stand and recite them in public meetings.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

They wanted to create a literacy program for themselves because now there was a school where their children could go to school, but they felt embarrassed that they couldn't support their children because they themselves were illiterate. Women and their children are disproportionately victims of outside violence as well.

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