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Weekly update from PND

Candid

Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced a $31 million investment in the Partnership for Healthy Cities and the addition of six cities to the initiative to create safer and healthier urban environments: Bucharest, Romania; Cairo, Egypt; Córdoba, Argentina; Dublin, Ireland; Greater Manchester, United Kingdom; and Warsaw, Poland.

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Great reads from around the web on October 25th

Amy Sample Ward

" Facebook app causes raises $16m – "Causes, the popular Facebook charity application, has raised another $9 million in funding and introduced gift cards to let people donate online without using a credit card.

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Update: Philanthropy’s response to Ukraine crisis

Candid

These countries are, in the main, ones that share a border with Ukraine: Poland, Romania, Hungary, Moldova, and Slovakia. Grants that specify areas served not including Ukraine account for 2% of grants and 1% of dollar value. According to the UNHCR , these countries are currently hosting 4.9 million Ukrainian refugees. Recipients.

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The Future of Fundraising, Part Two

Tech Soup

The Restart Romania challenge resulted in citizens proposing technological solutions to a range of real world problems such as corruption in the medical system. Harness Technology and Social Media to Raise Money.

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Apping Out Illegal Waste: Free Download to Target Illegal Dumps

Tech Soup

It makes you feel useful, it raises your awareness and that of others, but it doesn’t compel action or remedy. In Romania, Let’s Do It: [link] people used TrashOut to map all illegal dumps and mapped also dead horse: https://www.trashout.me/illegal-dump/6599659631935488. For some people, however, it’s about results.

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Social Media Tips from the TechSoup Global Network

Tech Soup

Read a recap of TechSoup and TechSoup Romania's Tweet Chat , which explored content curation and discussed the best tools for it. Read an account of how Canteen , an Australian nonprofit dedicated to supporting teenagers with cancer, used social media to raise awareness for an online and offline campaign. TechSoup Canada.

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Social Media and Community-Building Tips from Not For Sale's Sarah Potts

Tech Soup

Not For Sale operates in Peru, the Netherlands, India, South Africa, and Romania. They also work with celebrity speakers, volunteers, and a large online community to raise awareness and support action to end human trafficking. You can watch the full presentation (she's a great speaker - I recommend watching it!),