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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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Governments were slowly waking up to the emergency, creating organizations like the Global Fund, one of the largest global health partnerships on the planet, but companies were still fast asleep. In 2006, (RED) was launched by Bono and Bobby Shriver to drive private sector funding to the AIDS fight and generate much-needed awareness.

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Storytelling Zambia San Francisco Global 52

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Then I’ll share the latest stories on the impact of our tech volunteerism and human rights tech efforts as well our new tech leadership. We competed against other participating organizations, racing against the clock to raise funds and secure matching funding from the Skoll Foundation.

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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

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

What's one of your favorite FORGE success stories? He ended up running for about 1,500 miles all the way to Zambia, arriving with nothing but the clothes on his back, about 90 pounds, and showing up at a refugee camp where he knew nobody. We have the opportunity to fail. It's the same thing in a development context. He ran into Congo.

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Interview Sudan Africa Congo 40

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

So that leaves about 20% of the funding pool to organizations like you. Tell a story. And having your own stories, like really great stories about the volunteering that you’re doing, or the experience you’re having with your beneficiaries and being able to tell those stories. It’s challenging.

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