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Peer-to-Peer Crowdfunding Myths & How To Ensure Success

The Modern Nonprofit

The idea of using the Internet to aggregate a crowd to fund a project is a modern complement to, if not a full-on replacement for, traditional fundraising methods that are aging badly in the non-profit space. Build a school in Zimbabwe. Estimated Reading Time: 9 minutes WHY CROWDFUNDING IS VITAL. Even email is falling off.

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Using Photography to Change the World: An Interview with Paola Gianturco

Have Fun - Do Good

A high school English teacher in Zimbabwe, whose name is Betty Makoni , began hearing stories from her students after school, that they had been raped. The children are ages 6-16, and they're making huge strides by leading a national movement against child rape in Zimbabwe. Right at the end of that period, I also was teaching.