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Can love change the world? I hope so!

Amy Sample Ward

We are starting a movement that has love at the very foundation. At 19, New Jersey native Maggie Doyne used her life savings from babysitting to start Kopila Valley children’s home in Nepal, which has grown to a home for over 40 children, and a school serving over 200 students. I see this lesson in the work of 350.org.

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MCON13 Live Blog: Connecting with Millennials (Mike Del Ponte, Soma)

NTEN

Buck Foundation – "Once you get accepted, as long as you''re in school, they pay for your entire life. I did microfinance consulting in Nepal. I volunteered at a child health care org in India. I was devastated and depressed." The envelope that changed everything Then one day saw an envelope in the mailbox. Ripped it open.

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[PODCAST] Broaden Your Message With Influencer-Driven Campaigns | Ft. Jeanette Russell

NonProfit Hub

You can learn what we’re all about over at nonprofit hub dot org. When President Obama was visiting Nepal, the campaign wanted to have the President to mention a group of people who was being persecuted at the time that the local government wouldn’t let anyone talk about. It was something they didn’t want anyone to know about.