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Announcing Our Second Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Supporting Small-Scale Farmers Globally

Saleforce Nonprofit

Working in Save the Children International’s Anticipatory Action team, Emma’s role is focused on strengthening capacities and approaches to prevent or minimize the impacts of extreme weather events on children. In his role, he supports country partners in developing and delivering solutions to support agriculture development.

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The Oak Foundation just awarded us a grant to provide accessible content to people with qualifying learning differences (like dyslexia) in Brazil, India, and the United Kingdom. Canadians with disabilities will now have access to Bookshare through their public libraries and the Canadian National Institute of the Blind.

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Vietnam and Indonesia Join TechSoup Asia’s Growing Family

Tech Soup

In its effort to help local people to meet local needs, LIN aims to advance a more efficient and responsive philanthropic environment and strengthen the communities. The community itself plays a role in building a peaceful community. It also matches philanthropists with volunteer opportunities and funding recommendations.

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Fair Trade Certified: An Interview with Paul Rice of TransFair USA

Have Fun - Do Good

So, our role at TransFair is to work with the companies to certify their supply chain, to audit their books and to give consumers that guarantee that when you see the Fair Trade Certified label on a product, you know the farmers got a fair deal. It's about three hundred dollars a year to send a kid to high school in this region of Brazil.

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Big Vision Podcast: Interview with llyse Hogue Rainforest Action Network

Have Fun - Do Good

And so I thought well, it seems like if we're going to actually change the human patterns that are so severely impacting our environment and communities around the world, maybe there are some other ways to do it. Britt Bravo: What do you do as the Global Finance Campaign Director?

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (and New York, and Nairobi, and Seoul, and Kampala, and Boston…)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It’s the week of the United Nations General Assembly and the Clinton Global Initiative. Even in the tough fiscal environment in Washington, we get good hearings from both Republicans and Democrats. The chief negotiators of the Treaty for India (GR Raghavender), Brazil (Kenneth Nobrega), and of course Nigeria (Ruth) all participated.

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