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Vietnam and Indonesia Join TechSoup Asia’s Growing Family

Tech Soup

The program helps Vietnamese nonprofits to build staff capacity, apply for grants, and recruit skilled volunteers. Its explosion is considered to be the loudest sound ever heard in modern history. It also matches philanthropists with volunteer opportunities and funding recommendations. People heard it 3,000 miles away.

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[VIDEO] Power Of Community In Strategic Planning

Bloomerang

That sounds great. . But what we did for this Southeast Asian community, working with Hmong and Lao families, is we wanted to create a more supportive chemical abuse and reducing the use of chemical and drugs. . Steven: Yes. Will do it. Julie: Great. Steven: Julie, you’re awesome.

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Preventing Human Trafficking: An Interview with Christina Arnold

Have Fun - Do Good

What are the solutions that the communities have come up with, and also, it sounds like micro-loans are one way to prevent trafficking. It started out actually with a Rockefeller Grant to do a study trip back to Thailand, and the area, to find out what was being done for at risk populations. Are there other tools? It started out small.