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8 startups that leveraged products for social good, and where they’re headed in 2014

The Next Web

Content partnerships (with media sites such as Upworthy) are largely responsible for charity:water’s brand awareness. Cisse Trading ’s aim is simple: buy Fair Trade noms, from cookies to cocoa, on-site or in grocers from main to Virginia, where you’re immediately giving back to the Dominican Republic farmers who grow ‘em.

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Lessons Learned From A Twitterthon

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I wrote about her project The Born2Fly Project to stop child trafficking in January, 2009 on National Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery Awareness Day. She and I have have linked to each other’s blog posts and commented on each others posts over the past three years. The more specific we can be about describing that, the better.

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Bowser arrested and charged for selling Nintendo Switch hacks

The Verge

French national Max Louarn and Bowser, originally from Canada but arrested in the Dominican Republic, allegedly led the group, which makes a line of tools for cracking locked-down gaming hardware. Team Xecuter also makes hacking tools for the Nintendo 3DS and the NES Classic, among other devices.

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7 Nonprofits Leading the Fight Against Human Trafficking

Saleforce Nonprofit

Salesforce.org is humbled to partner with nonprofits around the world to bring awareness to World Day Against Human Trafficking. The organization operates in Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines, Laos, Dominican Republic and India and also has offices in three donor nations: United States, Australia and New Zealand.