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Nonprofit Leader Spotlight

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Lisa was mobilized when she first learned of the millions in Congo that had died from a war that was so rarely mentioned in the U.S. In addition, she set up a solo 30-mile run, which raised enough money to sponsor 80 women. Still, this did not satiate the need to treat the disease of warfare.

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Game Friday: Vocabulary, Poverty, and Meaningful Score Keeping

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Here's how it works: define a word properly, and the site's sponsors will donate the equivalent of ten grains of rice to the UN WFP. It's also a nice "put your money where your mouth is," not wholy unlike that at the Bronx Zoo's Congo Gorilla Forest, where you choose which gorilla advocacy group your admission fee will support.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

Have Fun - Do Good

He ran into Congo. He was there for about a month, and then war in Congo was breaking out. He was able to get some work digging pit latrines to put himself through one semester of his remaining high school education, and then he ran out of money. He was coming back to his village, and he found that his village was in flames.

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The Move On Model: Inciting Visitor Social Action

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In 2006, the Aquarium sponsored a letter-writing campaign in the museum, giving visitors an opportunity to send postcards to the governor expressing support for the establishment of marine protected areas on California's central coast. More factual information about the situation. Another opportunity for me to take action.

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An Amazing NpTech Social Media Link Buffet: Take Your Pick!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Twestival Local Weekend : Last February, Twestival raised over $250,000 for charity:water on Twitter on February 13th with more 200 cities sponsoring local tweet, meet, and give parties. will have the opportunity to earn a spot on the GlobalGiving website if they mobilize supporters to raise $4,000 from at least 50 unique donors.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

Have Fun - Do Good

Increasingly, rape of women is being used as a tool of war, not just in large scale wars as we saw in the Serbian and Bosnian conflict, but as we saw recently in Kenya and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. What could I do to raise more money for you? It always makes me think about things in different ways.

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