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UniversalGiving: Impact, with a little help from friends (SocialActions)

Amy Sample Ward

People simply choose a country of interest (such as China or Thailand) and an area of interest (such as education or the environment) and find a list of vetted opportunities to which they can donate money or give their time. UniversalGiving proved to be a great advocate for my organization.&# - Michael Hayes of Solar Cookers International.

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Wendy Sternberg Leaves Her Medical Career to Heal the World

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Wendy Sternberg left her successful internal medicine practice in Evanston Illinois because she decided she could better heal the world through Genesis at the Crossroads (GATC), an organization she founded. People often become doctors because they want to heal people, and by extension, heal the world.

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Southeast Asia, Social Enterprise Accidental Tour!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I just spent almost three weeks in Thailand and Laos on a combined work and vacation trip. Bangkok, Thailand (and other locations). The man behind Cabbages and Condoms is Mechai Viravaidya , founder of Thailand’s Population and Community Development Association (“PDA”). Their goal is to help protect vulnerable children.

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7 Nonprofits Leading the Fight Against Human Trafficking

Saleforce Nonprofit

Mission: The Code (short for “The Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism”) is an industry-driven initiative to provide tourism businesses with the tools, knowledge, and support they need to prevent the sexual exploitation of children.

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Creating Markets for Fair Trade Gifts: An Interview with Priya Haji of World of Good

Have Fun - Do Good

So women cook, clean and take care of their children, and these are all uncompensated activities. Holly has now been out meeting with the International Labor Organization and thinking about different ways that you really help create empowerment for women who work in informal markets.

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Preventing Human Trafficking: An Interview with Christina Arnold

Have Fun - Do Good

Christina Arnold: My name is Christina Arnold, and I'm the founder of Prevent Human Trafficking, formerly Project Hope International. One of the ideas that they came up with, which they started years ago with the Population Community Development Association of Thailand, was to have village banks.