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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

According to the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law , there are 6,500+ NGOs registered with the NGOs Coordination Board in Kenya. Traditionally, NGOs in Kenya have depended on outside support from grant makers and wealthy individuals. Finally, M-Changa seeks to build trust from both local and international donors.

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[VIDEO] Counting the Costs: Where Capital Campaigns Often Miss the Mark

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We have a vision to build a sickle cell-centric hospital in Western Kenya.” But Phil openly admits, “You know, our core competency is planning churches and feeding children.” We just recently we’ve got a project in Kenya with our partner Valley Light and their funding partner in America, Just One Africa.

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Brahm Ahmadi, People's Grocery, Podcast Transcript

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So we wanted to primarily address that issue: how can we pursue creative, innovative ideas for getting food out there that's affordable, that's local, that's fresh, and health-supportive, and then provide under that a foundation of education. These are a lot more of the sort of peripheral aspects of this problem.

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The Networked Nonprofit in Kenya

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ushahidi Board Meeting at iHub in Kenya. I’ve just spent the last couple of days in Nairobi, Kenya because I’m a board member of an NGO based here, Ushahidi , an organization that builds tools for democratizing information and increasing transparency. The Networked Nonprofit In Kenya. Response was laughter).

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Announcing… 31 New Favorite Nonprofits for 2013!

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SOS Children’s Villages International :: @ SOS_Children. SOS Children’s Villages works to stop more than half a million children ending up alone, abandoned or in institutions. Southern Poverty Law Center :: @ SPLCenter. Wildlife SOS :: @ WildlifeSOS. ECPAT International :: @ ECPAT. Demos :: @ Demos_Org.

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Solutionary Women: Alli Chagi-Starr, Ilyse Hogue, Melinda Kramer and Reem Rahim

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I ended up discovering a program, at New College of California, a couple of years later, when I was producing arts benefits for social change, especially for women and children living with HIV, this was about 1989 and 1990. One will be for mothers who are mourning the loss of their children who died in gunfights in Oakland.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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I think what makes us unique is that we are really investing in women's leadership and women's creativity in developing local solutions to some of the world's most challenging problems. Women and their children are disproportionately victims of outside violence as well. It works in over 160 countries around the world.

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