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5 Organizations To Support On World Refugee Day

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Refugees International ’s website, there are currently over 65 million people across the world who are displaced by war, conflict and persecution, and tens of millions more who have been displaced by climate events and natural disasters. Refugees International was founded in 1979 as a citizens’ movement to protect Indochinese refugees.

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Schwab Social Entrepreneurs Summit 2007

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Mirai Chatterjee of the Self Employed Women's Association in India explains social entrepreneurs as private initiatives that used business models around financial sustainability, self-help and empowerment. and Google are planning to work together in the area of disaster preparedness. Roger Martin, dean of the U.

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The Networked NGO in Pakistan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What I loved about this exercise, is that after Stephanie and I modeled taking photographs and sharing on our Facebook Group or Twitter, participants started to also document digitally. This project has identified the following definitions of success: A Peer-to-Peer Learning Exchange. We were able to thoroughly document the exercise here.

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