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Our EveryAction Hero: World Central Kitchen

Everyaction

We're currently active in 10 different countries. Last year disaster relief once again became the main focus of our organization as we activated and served over 4 million meals in Peru, Houston, Puerto Rico, and California. This year, we have activated kitchens to respond to the volcanoes in Hawaii and Guatemala.

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Founders Fund backs Vest, a startup out to give Latin Americans a bridge to investing in the US stock market

TechCrunch

Today that means the startup operates an active brokerage so that users may buy stocks listed on the NYSE and Nasdaq. It also provides in-app content to educate on investing fundamentals and provide insight into current events and economic trends as well as native multi-lingual support. Because Vest is structured as a U.S.

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Lessons from 2019 to maximize future disaster giving decisions

Candid

This has been a dominant trend in the past eight years of our analysis. Putting this best practice into action, in 2019—two years after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico—the Amgen Foundation awarded $257,500 to the University of Puerto Rico for rebuilding efforts. .

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Why every VC should spend a month with an accelerator

TechCrunch

Juan Carlos Hernández is the executive director at parallel18 , a top-level, performance-driven international startup program with a social mission, part of the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust. Share on Twitter. When a VC spends time at an accelerator, they’re in front of a number of talented founders at once.

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How To Get Started With Mobile Giving To Reach Fundraising Goals

Nonprofits Source

Last year’s 23% growth in overall online fundraising shows a clear trend in how donors prefer to give. Puerto Rico Relief Fund: Mobile Donation Page. Google.org recently launched a new campaign to support relief efforts in Puerto Rico in partnership with the Hispanic Federation and Mercy Corps.

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6 Trends Shaping Corporate Engagement Today

Connection Cafe

We started talking about how the field of corporate engagement has changed , and what trends are shaping the future of corporate social engagement. And we all witnessed the role that tech innovators like Tesla played in reconnecting Puerto Rico. Business is the warehouse for technology talent and innovation.

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Glovo to double down African investment in the next 12 months — but will it stay put?

TechCrunch

Glovo’s expansion activities this year have notably come on the back of regulatory challenges it is facing in its home country, Spain. The company also exited the Middle East and North Africa (Egypt and Turkey) and Uruguay and Puerto Rico in January 2020.