Amy Sample Ward

MAY 10, 2009

Steve Heyes, a colleague and founder of LearnAsOne , has just embarked on a great journey to Zambia and you’re invited! Steve and 3 self-funded volunteers (found for free via Google Grants!) are headed to Zambia to document a community who doesn’t have a school, in as close to real-time as possible. What do you need?

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Zambia Africa Classroom NGO 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2009

ChildFund International just rebranded from the Christian Children’s Fund last week as an effort to demonstrate a singular commitment to children’s welfare today and tomorrow (image: Faith Smiling by ChildFund, NZ ). These efforts will directly benefit children in Gambia, Zambia, Kenya and Ethiopia. A goat for a family farm in Zambia.

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Children Gambia Zambia Ethiopia 79

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

We competed against other participating organizations, racing against the clock to raise funds and secure matching funding from the Skoll Foundation. Case in point is our team’s work with local LGBTI groups in Sub-Saharan Africa to help them establish independent human rights documentation initiatives.

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Open Source Africa Zimbabwe Malawi 183

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

It's really designed to make sure that all solutions are both emerging from the local community and tailored to the community's needs, and are developing the leadership skills of the most promising and emerging leaders at the same time. The "collaborative project planning process" is a mouthful. He had no idea where his family went.

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Interview Sudan Africa Congo 40

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Foundations and NGOs want to know how to take the best bits of successful investments—the “best practices”—and use those tactics to spread social good across different locales. How can the sector find out about projects in need of funding? But it’s not that easy.

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Impact Zambia Structure Aggregator 20

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

So that leaves about 20% of the funding pool to organizations like you. Where they’re like, “No, I want my funds designated for this very specific thing, and you have to do it?” Steven: Donor is saying I don’t really care where the funds go, you know, you pick. Plus, it’s super competitive.

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