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Shouldn’t the Word Phone Be Removed from Mobile? The Use of the Mobile by Nonprofits for Development

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For nonprofits working on fundraising - Comic Relief in the United Kingdom raised over £7m from text message donations in 2011. Sudan caused a 0.12% increase in the country’s GDP growth rate, partly. opportunities, improve social empowerment, reduce the need to undertake. This is important for Diaspora groups.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. The projects can range from preschools, to libraries and computer training centers, to women empowerment programs. It had been bombed.