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Announcing Our Second Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Supporting Small-Scale Farmers Globally

Saleforce Nonprofit

In recent years, we have seen the growth of technology interventions that help small-scale farmers access life-saving information to protect their livelihoods and their families. Senior Humanitarian Climate Crisis Advisor, Save the Children International. However, there’s a lot more work to be done. These ideas are just the start.

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Great reads from around the web on June 29th

Amy Sample Ward

That was the logic Lauren Bush Lauren articulated in a 2013 interview about FEED, a for-profit entity she founded that creates simple, eco-friendly tote bags whose price covers the cost of donating school meals to children in Rwanda via the UN World Food Program” What Solutions Are Hiding In Our PDFS? :

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The Many Ways to Say I Love You With A Donation To A Charity

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Maybe the love of your life is allergic to roses or maybe he or she is trying to drop a few pounds, so chocolates (even if they are fair trade chocolates ) may not fly. What about making a donation to a charity in honor the special someone in your life. Do you have a special techie in your life who works for a nonprofit?

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Deadline Approaching for $10,000 Pizzigati Prize

Tech Soup

The system is used by hospitals around the world to better diagnose patients, like a hospital in Rwanda that was able to identify HIV-positive children who had not been picked up by the pediatric program to get them on life-saving treatment.

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Knitting for Peace: Make the World a Better Place One Stitch at a Time

Have Fun - Do Good

I was so inspired by how you can warm up someone's life with knitting, in more way than one, that I've signed up to be notified the next time my local knitting store offers a beginner's knitting workshop. Last week I wrote about my Favorite Do-Good Books of 2006. This one definitely tops my list, and I don't even knit.

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

Have Fun - Do Good

"Now, 18 months later, all of Juana's children are in school. For example, when women have this kind of specific skill-set training, they are more likely to have less children, to keep the children they do have in school, to be able to provide access to medical care, and things like that. I have a story that you have to hear.'"

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Traveling Postcards: Interview with Founder, Caroline Lovell

Have Fun - Do Good

We know that creativity and freedom of expression go a long way in educating children to be tolerant and open minded. We are also funding very special after school art classes in Afghanistan through our partnership with Trust In Education. We must raise $1,000 to keep our classes going for another year. We have come a long way!