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Weekly update from PND

Candid

The Gates Foundation pledged $315 million over three years to CGIAR , a global research partnership focused on the needs of smallholder farmers, in support of efforts to help them adapt to a surge of climate threats that, in turn, are exacerbating global hunger and poverty. Read more. . November 4, 2021. Read more.

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Everything You Need to Know About Data You Learned in Kindergarten

NTEN

One of the most important social skills they work on in my daughter's classroom? Sharing is important because a) it's just the nice thing to do and b) sharing helps build the classroom community. Sharing the book or toy gives both children the common experience that forms the classroom culture.

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How Do You Celebrate Reaching 10,000 Fans on Facebook?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When I taught high school English, I saw first-hand the negative effects of hunger on children in school. I used to buy bags of Egg McMuffins on my way to work and, before school started, I’d hand them out to kids who stopped by my classroom.

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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

Similar to the funders in my previous post on education , the organizations listed below focus their efforts on activities inside and outside of the classroom. The Emeril Lagasse Foundation provides grants related to nutrition and culinary education, life skills development, childhood hunger, and arts education. Areas served: US.

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Foot Traffic Philanthropy: Location Based Mobile Application - CauseWorld

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The causes that are supported are listed here a good mix of wildlife conservation, hunger, and others. There is a scaling system for Karma points - for example supporting a classroom is five points while sending a book to a library in a developing country is 100. And, of course, you get badges for various activities.

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Future of Social: Gen Z

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Isadora Faber, 14-year-old Brazilian student who launched an online Classroom Diary on Facebook to discuss problems in her school, such as broken desks and bathrooms without toilet seats. They are not content to just sit and click. They not afraid to stand up for cause they are passionate about.

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Outstanding Offers and New Products of 2014 (Bonus: Crossword Puzzle!)

Tech Soup

” ( mobile app for hunger from TechSoup’s Caravan Studios ) Answer. Classroom-ready UNObooks can replace bulky texts and handouts while the familiar Apple iPad2 and robust Dell Venue 11i Pro are ideally suited to nonprofit professionals. all set or prepared; speak ( conferencing ) Answer. “Home, home on the __.”

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