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Celebrate Community Storytelling

Tech Soup

Previously, Lisa served as the founding CEO of the 1:1 Fund, a project incubated by CFED to build a broad online and high net-worth donor base for children’s savings accounts. Lisa Rose brings more than 15 years of experience in senior leadership in the philanthropic sector. Dress snazzy if you like, to be red-carpet ready.

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Vote for the Best Social Change and Technology Projects at Netsquared!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Community Technology Centres for Children And Young Adults in Low and Moderate Income Communities in Madurai India. Digital Divide Data's Project: A Networking Resources for Disadvantaged People in Cambodia and Laos. Aspiration's Social Source Commons. Avatar Action Center. Community-Owned Telecenter Project in Malawi.

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Vietnam and Indonesia Join TechSoup Asia’s Growing Family

Tech Soup

The foundation's mission is to help bring about shared prosperity and a sustainable future to all ASEAN countries, which comprise Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. This was happening at the same time as a rising rate of junior high and high school dropouts.

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Southeast Asia, Social Enterprise Accidental Tour!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I just spent almost three weeks in Thailand and Laos on a combined work and vacation trip. One of my business visits was to a long-standing social enterprise partner of ours, Digital Divide Data in Vientiane, Laos. I wrote about that visit in my last blog post: Digital Divide Data: our Partner in Laos.

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7 Nonprofits Leading the Fight Against Human Trafficking

Saleforce Nonprofit

Mission: The Code (short for “The Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism”) is an industry-driven initiative to provide tourism businesses with the tools, knowledge, and support they need to prevent the sexual exploitation of children.

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A History of How Modern ESG Came to Be

sgEngage

Companies involved in the production of Agent Orange are still facing lawsuits from victims, both US veterans and civilians from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, to this day. . These laws have protected millions of men, women and children from disease and death and have protected hundreds of species from extinction.”

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Preventing Human Trafficking: An Interview with Christina Arnold

Have Fun - Do Good

When I was growing up, I was very aware of the class differences, and the different ways that people would treat children who were from lower class families. We have a scholarship fund that gives scholarships to at-risk children along the Thai-Burma border; that is something else that can be gifted in honor of family members.