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The Power of Sport in Changing the World

Saleforce Nonprofit

In 2005, a visit to Right to Play in Sierra Leone with skateboarding icon Tony Hawk changed my life. Nelson Mandela surrounded by Laureus Academy members Nadia Comaneci, Nawal El Moutawakel, and Giacomo Agostini. I’ve been fortunate to travel around the world and experience the transformational work of the programs we support.

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How Bitcoin is Used in Combatting Ebola - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly

AFP Blog

How Bitcoin is Used in Combatting Ebola - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly : "A group from Ghana has found a way to deploy cash donations more rapidly and more effectively directly to the front lines of the effort to contain Ebola in neighboring Sierra Leone.

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The Surprising Truth About Donor Fatigue And What Nonprofits Can Do To Avoid It

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

between our Sierra Leone Mudslides appeal in August and our Harvey, Irma, and Mexico earthquake appeals in September. This is compared with 7.3% repeat rate among our non-disaster projects during the same time this year, and 6.3% among non-disaster projects in the same period of 2016.

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Unicef’s Little Bet on Pinboard

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’m now on the prowl for examples from the nonprofit world of “Little Bets” and was excited to read about how Unicef created a fictional profile for a 13-year-old girl named Ami Musa, from the poor, war torn African country of Sierra Leone.

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UN World Food Programme Featured in Blood Diamond

Have Fun - Do Good

The WFP provided food aid from 1991-2002 during the civil war in Sierra Leone. On the WFP site you can: * Read about "Blood, Diamonds and Hunger" and the WFP's work in Sierra Leone. Read an interview with Paul Arè s , the former WFP regional manager for West Africa, about his experience in Sierra Leone in the 1990s.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Patrick Ball is here working on the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission data analysis. I have had several great conversations about the state of adaptive technology for the African blind, and am getting good ideas for how we can help over the next few years. I also have been meeting with human rights groups.

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Data Digest: Open Data for Africa Platform, Silent Data Revolution in MENA and Data Strategies

Tech Soup

The platform has been rolled out to 54 African countries and will support the gathering, access, management and analysis of quality data from African countries.