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Women’s History Month: 11 Nonprofits That Are Advocating For Female Empowerment

Kindful

Mission: Helping Women Period is committed to supplying menstrual health products to people that menstruate who are either homeless or low-income. Purchase a t-shirt, bag, or phone case. Impacting: Menstrual health. Headquarters in: East Lansing, MI. How To Support Helping Women Period. Make drawstring bags for discreet delivery.

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Six Things to Know in Nonprofit Technology News

Tech Soup

High-Tech Help for Homelessness. Why would a homeless person need a mobile phone? For one thing, phones allow them to look for work, housing, or medical help. Phones also provide a reliable contact method for people who have no permanent address. Cloud Storage Price Wars Update.

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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I also want to them to discover and follow their own sense of social activism and philanthropy and become Philanthroteens , teens with a passion for social change who grew up not knowing what it was like to not to have a cell phone or not to be connected to Facebook. While her parents were concerned about her safety, she kept going.

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Win a Sony PS3 and Support Young Homeless People from the UK

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week I wrote about a virtual homeless teenager in Second Life who raising awareness of the plight of homeless teens in Spain. 1 text or phone entrance fee go to help The Foyer Foundation , a nonprofit that works with homeless young people. tools to he word through the gaming community by using Digg.

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7 LGBT Tech Projects You Need to Know

Tech Soup

One of the projects this organization is working on is called Connect 4 Life , a mobile phone program for LGBT homeless youth. The Institute found that mobile phones can increase homeless teens' opportunities and help them stay connected to caseworkers, shelters, potential employers, and support networks.

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Mobile Tech Connects Kids to Summer Meals

Tech Soup

Range also pulls in data about each meal provider, such as its hours of operation, its phone number, and a brief description. "We're always looking at mobile services that can help impoverished, low income, and homeless communities," she told TechSoup. Range is available for the following devices: Windows Phone.

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Are You Serving Youth in Your Community? Think You Could Use a Free Tablet?

Tech Soup

Want to know more about how one Philadelphia-based NGO was able to use their TechSoup donation to help homeless teens develop valuable life skills? The stories on the LIM are highly engaging and optimized for social media sharing. Poke around the map and see for yourself. Click here to read the full story pictured above.

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