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Philanthropy’s response to the Turkey and Syria earthquake 

Candid

The earthquakes on February 6 that devastated southern Turkey and northern Syria have left an estimated 54,000 people dead. million) in Syria. Corporations headquartered in Germany—home to over three million ethnic Turks and approximately one million refugees from Syria—have responded to the crisis by contributing more than €16.7

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What happened in 2020 disaster philanthropy beyond COVID-19?  

Candid

This year’s Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy report, published by the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) and Candid, tracked roughly $121 billion in aid to date in 2020 across multiple sources—including bilateral and multilateral aid, U.S. Millions are also internally displaced within Syria. Beirut explosion.

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How To Use Microsoft Technology To Supercharge Your Fundraising

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When staff at SOS Children’s Villages International , which cares for children impacted by the Syrian refugee crisis, learned a five-year-old in Syria needed critical heart surgery, they used the cloud storage service OneDrive to quickly assemble photo and video assets into a pitch to international donors.

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8 Top Corporate Giving Trends to Watch in 2024 + Examples

Nonprofits Source

Turkey and Syria earthquake: In early 2023, a massive earthquake impacted Turkey and Syria. As explained in our CSR software guide , these platforms help manage, measure, and report on various initiatives. CSR platforms empower companies to centralize their efforts in one location.

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AFP ICON 2023 Recap

Qgiv

Track successes and failures to inform future strategy. “Be Make this an everyday habit so that you become the master storyteller of the insights within your reports and help a broad audience understand complex data. One private school set a reasonable goal of $4,000 to help raise relief funds for the earthquakes in Syria.

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The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

Tech Soup

to report on Tech for Good trends and also to find out how things are going in one of the most challenging areas of philanthropy: providing much needed help and support to people in the Muslim world. TechSoup Global’s Dara Westling attended the recent Global Donors Forum in Washington, D.C. Dara Westling.

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Benetech: the Equilibrium Change Machine

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Our Silicon Valley tech community roots give us an inside track on technology and business model change. We believe that our track record demonstrates how to drive this kind of equilibrium change repeatedly. Putting these ideas for social change into action is a key part of the Osberg/Martin definition of social entrepreneurship.

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