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10 Nonprofits to Support on World Humanitarian Day

EveryAction

Providing tools for sustainable change to populations most vulnerable to hunger, violence, and disease, CARE has earned its place in the hall of fame of nonprofits continuing to make the world a better place. Cut poverty off at its roots. That’s the message CARE has embraced over the course of its 72-year history. Women's Refugee Commission.

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Interview with Shonali Burke: Analytics Tell Stories

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Just look at what’s happening in Somalia right now.) What tool did you use? There are several tools that do this, with RowFeeder and Hashtracking being two affordable ones. As I mentioned earlier, identify what you’re trying to achieve, and then decide what tools you’ll use to track progress towards/away from that goal.

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The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

Tech Soup

One of the things TechSoup does well is to bring relevant tools and resources to the needs that people have on the ground. For instance, during the recent famine in Somalia, how to keep humanitarian aid confined to starving people away from the Al-Shabab militant group ? We connect the local with global resources.”

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I recently read an excellent book called "The Road to Hell" on the impact of aid, mainly food aid, on destabilizing Somalia. Deminers are trying to do more demining with less money, and that creates the opening to develop tools that help them do that. Other commentators have talked about the distortions of foreign aid on countries.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » The Chronicle of Philanthropy – Telling Moving Stories

See3

“Increasingly, audio and video on the Web are critical tools [for nonprofit groups] for communicating to people about the work they’re doing, and I only see that intensifying,&# Ms. Even non-entertainment non-profits are using these tools. 14 Nov 2007 nasir Please help us build a village in Somalia. Rosenberg says.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » The Chronicle of Philanthropy – Telling Moving Stories

See3

“Increasingly, audio and video on the Web are critical tools [for nonprofit groups] for communicating to people about the work they’re doing, and I only see that intensifying,&# Ms. Even non-entertainment non-profits are using these tools. 14 Nov 2007 nasir Please help us build a village in Somalia. Rosenberg says.