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Announcing Our Second Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Supporting Small-Scale Farmers Globally

Saleforce Nonprofit

Hunger is a global issue that affects everyone, everywhere. That’s why we’re excited to share more on our second cohort, which is focused on supporting the livelihoods of Small Scale Farmers in low and middle-income countries. An estimated 811 million people are hungry globally. Why Small-Scale Farmers?

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New data for strategic disaster philanthropy 

Candid

Our collective attention has been almost singularly focused on the pandemic and its global effects. Cyclone Idai struck Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, causing widespread flood destruction. Four percent supported resilience, risk reduction, and mitigation efforts. . Wildfires plagued the Amazon, California and Australia.

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The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

Tech Soup

TechSoup Global’s Dara Westling attended the recent Global Donors Forum in Washington, D.C. to report on Tech for Good trends and also to find out how things are going in one of the most challenging areas of philanthropy: providing much needed help and support to people in the Muslim world. Dara Westling.

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Nonprofit Technology News for October 2013

Tech Soup

Now, here's the latest: Global Digital Inclusion. Ah yes, another month and another massive global digital inclusion initiative. In Mozambique, for example, a recent study showed that using just 1GB of data can cost well over two months’ wages for the average citizen. trillion in 2012 and will nearly double to $8.9

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All for Green, and Green for All: An Interview with Van Jones

Have Fun - Do Good

He has won many honors, including the 1998 Reebok International Human Rights Award, the International Ashoka Fellowship, selection as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, and the Rockefeller Foundation Next Generation Leadership Fellowship. It is actually really understandable.

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