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New data for strategic disaster philanthropy 

Candid

Cyclone Idai struck Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, causing widespread flood destruction. Hurricane Dorian caused catastrophic damage in the Bahamas and parts of the eastern United States. Wildfires plagued the Amazon, California and Australia. However, troubling disaster-assistance trends persist .

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

Saleforce Nonprofit

He has been on field missions to co-create solutions with governments and implementing partners in Zambia, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Nigeria, and Bangladesh. He started his career at a digital solutions start-up in South Africa, and for the past 4 years, he’s been part of the WFP technology team. Dun-Ying Vicki Yu.

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The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

Tech Soup

She says: “I like to reach communities that we haven’t reached before in the developing world like what we’re doing to bridge the digital divide with the Aga Khan Development Network in Mozambique. I also liked the work we did a few years ago to support telecentres in poor communities affected by civil war in Colombia.

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Nonprofit Technology News for October 2013

Tech Soup

In Mozambique, for example, a recent study showed that using just 1GB of data can cost well over two months’ wages for the average citizen. The FreedomPop Phone service is launching with $99 refurbished HTC EVO Design 4G. wryly observes that carriers like Virgin Mobile sell unlimited data for $35 a month. smartphones.

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All for Green, and Green for All: An Interview with Van Jones

Have Fun - Do Good

The other barrier is, because businesses are designed to make money, and it is a stretch for them, "How am I going to make money and also honor the Earth?" But then you go overseas, and my experience, in Israel and Palestine and London and South Africa, Mozambique, people ask you, "What the heck are you doing over there?

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