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Giving Trends in Kenya: How the Growth of Mobile Payments Are Transforming Community Giving

Nonprofit Tech for Good

According to the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law , there are 6,500+ NGOs registered with the NGOs Coordination Board in Kenya. Traditionally, NGOs in Kenya have depended on outside support from grant makers and wealthy individuals. Finally, M-Changa seeks to build trust from both local and international donors.

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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. A couple of weeks ago, we announced our first cohort on Zero Hunger, focusing on food insecurity in the United States. But as we know, getting to Zero Hunger will take collaboration from all regions, with multiple approaches to address the contributing factors.

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Is it a movement or a moment?

Candid

For example, across East Africa, our teams work with Youth Champions to elevate awareness of the drivers of hunger, including the climate crisis, conflict, and chronic inequality. The champions transform local attitudes and behaviors related to nutrition, help foster collaboration, and engage decision-makers.

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Inspire: create, collect, share! My time at the '09 NTC

Forum One

My section focused on a case study of storytelling in the field, when I was a Congressional Hunger Fellow in Cambodia and Kenya from 2005-2007. Working for a non profit, I had very few resources, and I didn't speak the local languages well enough to gather the stories alone.

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Inspire: collect, create, share! My time at the '09 NTC

Forum One

My section focused on a case study of storytelling in the field, when I was a Congressional Hunger Fellow in Cambodia and Kenya from 2005-2007. Working for a non profit, I had very few resources, and I didn't speak the local languages well enough to gather the stories alone.

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Solutionary Women: Anna Lappé of Grub

Have Fun - Do Good

Anna: "Grub" is our word for food that's local, that's sustainable, and that's grown with fairness from all along the way, from the seed to the table. So "grub" became our kind of catchall term for those three things, for kind of the values of local, of sustainable, and of fairness.