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New data for strategic disaster philanthropy 

Candid

For the next 700 words, I invite you to remember the disaster events that occurred in 2019, just months before the pandemic outbreak. . In 2019, millions of people around the world were affected by disasters and humanitarian crises. Foundations and public charities funded $352 million for disasters and humanitarian crises. .

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George Hara: Public Interest Venture Capitalist

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Longtime Beneblog readers may remember my visit five years ago to Bangladesh, where I was able to visit and write about a cool tech social enterprise, bracNet. They were going to bring Bangladesh better wireless internet than exists in California, and they’ve done it.

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UNICEF Shares 4 Ways to Reverse COVID-19’s Impact on Children

Saleforce Nonprofit

Nur Zannat, 6, holds a paper folding fan she crafted in a UNICEF-supported learning centre in Balukhali refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Reimagine disaster spending. . • Invest in the untapped potential of young migrants, refugees, and internally displaced people. Photo credit: UNICEF. Reverse the child nutrition crisis.

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15 Inspiring Nonprofit Annual Reports | With Bonus Template

Whole Whale

BRAC Based in Bangladesh, BRAC is one of the largest international development organizations in the world, and their 2018 Annual Report uses innovative design elements to present their numerous programs and initiatives in an accessible way. Full disclosure: Fight CRC is a Whole Whale client, but we really do love their annual report!)

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14+ Excellent Nonprofit Annual Reports

Whole Whale

Based in Bangladesh, BRAC is one of the largest international development organizations in the world, and their 2018 Annual Report uses innovative design elements to present their numerous programs and initiatives in an accessible way. Full disclosure: Fight CRC is a Whole Whale client, but we really do love their annual report!).

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Youth Programs Benefit from Microsoft Donations

Tech Soup

This charity also has offices in India , Nepal , and Tanzania operates its own projects and supports partners in Tanzania, India, and Nepal and works on behalf of children in places like the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Pakistan, Peru, Cambodia, China, and Bangladesh. It has just 20 UK-based staff.

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Grave Work

Non Profit Quarterly

Whether the tasks power autonomous weapons systems raining disaster down on slum districts or else power geographic data for humanitarian agencies that provide aid to such disaster zones is knowledge not available to the workers. Nothing about the tasks in and of themselves reveals their purpose.

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