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Let’s All Pull Together: Reflections from Harambee 2023

Candid

Fittingly, the university hosted the session “A Report on Philanthropic Funding to Historically Black Colleges and Universities.” Panelists from Brazil, Kenya, and Jamaica discussed the importance of empowering communities in the African diaspora.

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Twitter’s Claire Williams Shares Why Literacy Is Her Cause

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

in Kenya with Mary, 10, circa 2006]. On the last stop of that trip, I went to Kenya to climb a mountain. Our connection to Kenya remains strong; we are also the guardians for one of the children from that orphanage, @sammyikua , who now studies in Maine. A group of graduate students from Berkeley were coming to Kenya.

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How Nonprofits Have Reframed Their Messaging in the Wake of COVID-19

Connection Cafe

Closures and social distancing measures have wiped out organizations that didn’t have a rainy day fund. In March we launched a dedicated Boys and Girls Clubs COVID-19 relief fund. That effort was concentrated around raising funds and awareness for the work that our national organization and local clubs are leading.

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The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

Tech Soup

In its nearly 1,400 year history the civilization of Islam has developed immense diversity. The project is active in Iraq and Kenya. This involves things like how to manage investment funds that include purification processes for dealing with interest payments on loans in places that find common banking practices against Sharia law.

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

EveryAction

Whether quietly spearheading some of the world's most groundbreaking scientific and medical research or not-so-quietly leading revolutions on the battlefield, our history is ripe with stories of ferocious, adventurous, enlightened, and persistent women. Fund their work! Gabriela Mistral. Sheroes in the Arts. Lorraine Hansberry.

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Nonprofit Technology News for September 2013

Tech Soup

” Their history of smartwatches is also good. The service has 17 million users and is transforming the way wealth is distributed in poor countries, which now include Tanzania, India, and Afghanistan as well as Kenya. ” Also have a look at our webinar recording and other resources: The Wisdom of the Crowd(funding).

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Ari Derfel & Eric Fenster, Back to Earth Podcast Interview Transcription

Have Fun - Do Good

So the brief history is that Back to Earth was originated with a vision that Eric Fenster had when he was on a vision quest in the Owl's Head Mountains in. And if you liked the opening music, it was an excerpt from Kenya Masala's "Mango Delight". You can learn more about Kenya's work and his music by going to sourceconsultinggroup.com.

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