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Funding Innovation for Skoll Social Entrepreneurs

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This early portion of the Skoll conference is for Skoll awardee staff, the Skoll Foundation and key resources to grow the field. I used the example of Kristen Cibelli, one of our field human rights workers, who got a mini-grant to go to meet with grassroots human rights groups in Liberia. How is it structured?

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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

A pricing manifesto proposes that members of the community that can afford the software should support the project financially. Our work in Liberia, funded by the State Department in support of the Truth Commission (TRC) continues. Downloads, packaged with support, will cost $250 per user per year, discounted to $150 for nonprofits.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

Have Fun - Do Good

KR: The Global Fund for Women has an extraordinary commitment to keeping our doors open so that as many organizations working to advance women's human rights internationally can really gain access to resources that they so desperately need. Each year we receive over 3,500 proposals from women's organizations all around the world.

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