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Can love change the world? I hope so!

Amy Sample Ward

Her students consistently score at the top of over 120 schools in the Arusha district of Tanzania. At 19, New Jersey native Maggie Doyne used her life savings from babysitting to start Kopila Valley children’s home in Nepal, which has grown to a home for over 40 children, and a school serving over 200 students.

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Meet Donna Callejon, Chief Operating Officer of Global Giving

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Before GlobalGiving I spent a few years helping to build the Washington Area Women's Foundation - and that's when I started becoming a "student' of philanthropy. And then finally one of our project sponsoring organizations is the Tech Museum Awards in San Jose, so there are several US based Tech Laureates who have posted projects.

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Dear Sophie: What can we do to help employees who are Ukrainian citizens?

TechCrunch

Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” Our most immediate concern is for the F-1 student whose OPT status is expiring in June. Does that include F-1 students on OPT? Sophie Alcorn.