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France, Spain, and 6 other countries pledge to tax premium fliers

Fast Company Tech

The countries in the coalition are France, Kenya, Barbados, Spain, Somalia, Benin, Sierra Leone, and Antigua and Barbuda—all members of the Global Solidarity Levies Task Force, a group launched at the COP28 climate conference in 2023. per gallon could generate $3 billion annually for decarbonization efforts).

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The Surprising Truth About Donor Fatigue And What Nonprofits Can Do To Avoid It

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: With the hurricanes, gun violence, and fires, I gave generously, including donations to Global Giving funds. Alison Carlman, Director of Impact and Communications at Global Giving, offers a deep dive into some Global Giving data to find the answer. I surpassed my giving budget for disaster relief giving.

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The Power of Sport in Changing the World

Saleforce Nonprofit

Laureus is a global movement whose purpose is to change the world through the power of sport. In 2005, a visit to Right to Play in Sierra Leone with skateboarding icon Tony Hawk changed my life. Our vision is to use this power to end violence, discrimination, and disadvantage for young people and children.

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Four Tips for Nonprofit Crowdfunding

Tech Soup

One Girl Australia raised $50,000 the first year they ran Do it in a Dress , a global campaign to empower girls in Sierra Leone with education. You won’t meet your nonprofit crowdfunding goal unless you find your core group of true believers that will help build the momentum behind your campaign.

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Do-Good Mother's Day Gift and Donation Ideas

Have Fun - Do Good

The Global Fund for Women's online store features companies who donate a portion of their sales to the Global Fund for Women like Alima Pure Mineral Makeup and Putumayo's Women of the World: Acoustic CD. Plus, your gift will be matched to support their maternal health programs in Sierra Leone.

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African edtech startup uLesson raises $15M, backed by Nielsen Ventures and Tencent

TechCrunch

As many edtech companies benefited from the disruption of the pandemic, attracting wads of cash from investors globally, it did feel like African startups were left out. Well, not anymore: Two-year-old startup uLesson announced today that it closed a $15 million Series B round. The investment, which comes 11 months after uLesson raised a $7.5

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Data Digest: Open Data for Africa Platform, Silent Data Revolution in MENA and Data Strategies

Tech Soup

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. It originally appeared on NetSquared.