Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 25, 2007

Steve Cisler heard me mention this book recently and sent me a spot-on article from the Observer, How America is betraying the hungry children of Africa. The article shows how we manage to damage agricultural economies and the sustainability of countries with food aid, this time in Malawi. Why indeed?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

Two 14-year-old girls, one in the US and one in Malawi, had their lives changed when they joined forces to fight the AIDs epidemic in Africa. Through the creation hope-giving projects that serve the most vulnerable in Malawi, the organization connects U.S.-based The two girls met at Hope Village Orphan Care Center in Malawi.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

Today, the Los Angeles nanny funds a school in her native Malawi -- where half a million children have been orphaned by the disease." Carolyn LeCroy "After serving time in prison, Carolyn LeCroy started The Messages Project to help children stay connected with their incarcerated parents.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2007

Community Technology Centres for Children And Young Adults in Low and Moderate Income Communities in Madurai India. Community-Owned Telecenter Project in Malawi. Creative Commons suggests. Aspiration's Social Source Commons. Avatar Action Center. Farmer 2 Farmer Learning.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 2, 2023

Rapidly Rehousing: A Nonprofit’s Use of Modular Homes When Cyclone Gombe devastated Malawi, it left many families displaced without housing. Unable to rebuild, she and her children lived in unstable conditions with relatives. Ethel Chamba, a single mother already struggling financially, lost her home.

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NTEN

MAY 3, 2011

In "The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty" , Princeton University professor Peter Singer famously highlights one study in which individuals who were shown a picture of a girl named Rokia and told her story were willing to give far more than when asked to help three million hungry children in Malawi.

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