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Stacey Edgar, Founder of Global Girlfriend: Women-made, Eco-friendly, Fair Trade

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She used her 10 years in social work practice with women and children as a springboard to her role as a social entrepreneur. Global Girlfriend works with over sixty women's cooperatives and NGOs in 20 countries. Her first book, Global Girlfriends: How One Mom Made It Her Business to Help Women in Poverty Worldwide , came out last year.

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Philanthropy’s response to the Turkey and Syria earthquake 

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Recipients of this funding include Çukurova University , which was awarded $500,000 to help fund rehabilitation of children with amputated limbs, and Needs Map , which received $488,340 to help establish a field hospital in the city of Erzin. To date, TPF has distributed more than $5.5

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Giving Trends in Mexico: Millennials and Gen Z Drive Rise in Online Giving

Nonprofit Tech for Good

An Interview with Fanny Villiers , Directora General of Donadora – an official partner of the Global Trends in Giving Report ( en español ). Giving Trends in Mexico: 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report. ? 1) Access to the internet in Mexico has grown very rapidly over the last decade. 81% of donors in Mexico volunteer.

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Giving Trends in Brazil: How Crowdfunding & Social Entrepreneurs Are Transforming the Nonprofit Sector

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An Interview with Ruy Fortini , Founder and CEO of Doare and official partner of the 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report. 1) The Global Trends in Giving Report is meant to help the nonprofit sector better understand individual giving worldwide, but data and statistics don’t communicate well what is happening on the ground in Brazil.

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Giving Trends in Kenya: How the Growth of Mobile Payments Are Transforming Community Giving

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An Interview with Matt Roberts-Davies , General Manager of M-Changa – an official partner of the 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report. 3) Kenyan data from the 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report is very unique in that 42% of Kenyan donors say the prefer to give cash and 26% prefer to give via mobile payment.

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Celebrating Grandmother Power: Interview with my Gram

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It''s being organized by Tara Mohr (creator of the Ten Rules for Brilliant Women Workbook ), and Paola Gianturco (author of Grandmother Power: A Global Phenomenon ). My last question is to complete this sentence (taken from Oprah''s Super Soul Sunday interviews), The world needs _. The value system in the family. I think so too.

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The 15th issue of NTEN: Change is here: Advocacy and Visual Communications

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This issue is packed with actionable ideas, intriguing interviews, and impactful case examples that''ll help you show what your mission means, and why it''s important. >>Read read it on your desktop, mobile device, or Issuu app) Articles and interviews in this issue examines visual communications and advocacy across a range of angles.

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