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7 Things I learned From #Beth53 Fundraiser and PoST Class

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For example, I noticed that Spencer Brodsky , who I helped last December when he was doing a fundraiser campaign for his project in Rwanda, re-tweeting the birthday call to action. After the class, she shared the story with her three children (above) who rallied together and made a contribution to the Sharing Foundation!

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Why Women Are the Market for Changing the World, and How to Reach Them: Interview with The She Spot co-author, Lisa Witter

Have Fun - Do Good

I sponsor her for a low monthly fee, and we write letters back and forth to one another. I learn about women in Rwanda, and they learn about my life. Well, I have two small children; two and five months. I read children's books a lot. They have a sponsorship program where I'm a sister. We build deep connections.

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Interview with Zainab Salbi, Founder of Women for Women International

Have Fun - Do Good

The way we do that is by asking every single woman around the world to sponsor one woman at a time by sending her $27 a month, along with a letter to start a communication link between the two women. We work in countries like Congo, Rwanda, Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, among others. You get her picture. Every single one.

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Support Women Survivors of War with $27/month

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The show ended, and I immediately signed up to be a Women for Women International sponsor. There she found her five children who had survived by the kindness of strangers. Women for Women is a nonprofit that pairs women survivors of war with women sponsors all over the world. Reunited, she began to rebuild their life."

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

Have Fun - Do Good

They wanted to create a literacy program for themselves because now there was a school where their children could go to school, but they felt embarrassed that they couldn't support their children because they themselves were illiterate. Women and their children are disproportionately victims of outside violence as well.

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