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Beijing School for the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

So, in Hong Kong and in Beijing we saw sensory stimulation rooms for these children. These were quite familiar to folks like Frank Simpson of the Lavelle School in New York and Miki Jordan of the Junior Blind of America in Los Angeles. This is a country which two weeks earlier had been hosting the Paralympics, and they were very proud.

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Member Round Up: Research galore, a handy handbook, and sandcastles as therapy

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Another resource roundup comes from Kivi Leroux Miller , who hosted the August edition of the Nonprofit Blog Carnival, themed, ''Getting Along with Others'' in the nonprofit world. In a refugee camp in Jordan, Mercy Corps is putting the desert sand to use to help children displaced by conflict to feel like kids again.

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Member Round Up: Research galore, a handy handbook, and a sandcastles as therapy

NTEN

Another resource roundup comes from Kivi Leroux Miller , who hosted the August edition of the Nonprofit Blog Carnival, themed, ''Getting Along with Others'' in the nonprofit world. In a refugee camp in Jordan, Mercy Corps is putting the desert sand to use to help children displaced by conflict to feel like kids again.

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Thank you for the best birthday ever! We raised $6,158 for the Sharing Foundation to send 615 Cambodian youngsters to school!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In Roteang Village, where the Sharing Foundation has programs that help over 1,500 children each and every day, there was a birthday bash at the orphanage for the 70 plus children. The Sharing Foundation hosts an annual, for-everybody-at-once Birthday party, with cake, fruit, and soda. Christina Jordan. Beth Alexander.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The Schwab Foundation hosted a wrap up session on Sunday with twenty of the social entrepreneurs attending the Forum. I met a technology leader who was completely excited about a new product she is launching to help both disabled children and non-disabled children together.

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Search: Don't Just Get Found, Find New Ideas

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Author: Jordan Viator. Think about it this way, you have a section on your site called “get active” where you want them to sign up for email newsletters and the walkathons you host. Guest Post by Peter Genuardi, @petergenuardi , Vice President of Soapbox an online marketing firm serving mission driven peope.

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