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This is the third of a three-part post about what I learned about social media, NGOs, and Social Change in Cambodia during my “ homecoming trip.” Part 1 was about NGOs in Cambodia, focusing on the work of the Sharing Foundation. Part 2 was about the Cambodian social media community.
Over 8 weeks this last fall, I had the privilege of working with NGOs from Afghanistan, Cambodia, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria, in a series of trainings that took place in Phnom Penh, Beirut and Istanbul. It was thought-provoking to work with Afghan NGOs in Cambodia. Past partners have included NGOs and nine truth commissions.
This is the second of a three-part post about what I learned about social media, NGOs, and Social Change in Cambodia during my “ homecoming trip.” ” Part 1 was about NGOs in Cambodia , focusing on the work of the Sharing Foundation. This post is about the social media community in Cambodia.
There was a $25 donation from Samathida Kem, the daughter of Kem Sokha, a human rights leader in Cambodia. I've never met them face-to-face, but almost four years to the day, our paths crossed virtually when their father, a human rights activist, was thrown in jail in Cambodia. Insight Prepare to be surprised!
Leng Sopharath, Phon Vandy, and CHom Thavy - Sharing Foundation College Students. So, while I am delighted with the response to book , I’m even more pleased that the book is able to help young people in Cambodia. Sharing knowledge, social media, and supporting young people in Cambodia.
I am in Cambodia as part of Tech2Empower , an initiative of Wake. Advisers contribute their skills and expertise to provide training and mentoring to help amplify the work of anti-trafficking organizations in Cambodia. I’ve also taught social media to young people in Cambodia.
The Nasscom Foundation in India is the epicenter of nonprofit technology and social innovation. Nasscom Foundation is a partner of TechSoup Global and has an impressive technology product donation program called " BIGTech " Here's how they describe their mission and impact. Then onto teaching two workshops.
The frameworks and tips we outlined were field tested in real-time as part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation with 60 of their grantees who participated in a peer learning/focuss group and contributed many of the case studies. My family is sponsoring Keo Savon , who we met this summer in Cambodia.
Now a parent with my own children, I involved my kids when they younger when I was fundraising for Cambodia or Creative Commons , We have dinner table discussions on why it is important to support causes, particularly programs in Cambodia like the Sharing Foundation. Children for Children Foundation. Youth Noise.
But there is another very important personal reason to purchase the book on June 21st, I’m donating all of the proceeds from my share of the royalties to the Sharing Foundation , a nonprofit that cares for orphans in Cambodia. And if you are going to buy a copy, please wait until the party and purchase your copy on Amazon.
After taking one look at the syllabus, course faculty instructor Jennifer Aaker and invited guests , I couldn't resist designing a learning experience that integrated a social media birthday fundraising experiment aimed at helping support the work of the Sharing Foundation with "listen, learn, and adapt" and real-time tracking and reflection.
Ryanne Hodson and Jay Dedman were in Cambodia and are in Thailand right now. Jay and Ryanne were delivering "video blogging kits" to Sharing Foundation in country staff to begin to capture some video of the work. Click to Play. They are traveling with Christina Arnold from Project Hope to document her project.
I’m fundraising for the Sharing Foundation , that supports children and young people in Cambodia. Because my children were adopted from Cambodia and it is a way to give back. Won’t you consider a holiday donation to the Sharing Foundation to help support Keo Savon and others like her? DONATE HERE !
In a couple of days, video bloggers Jay Dedman and Ryanne Hodson will be in Cambodia doing some work with Project Hope International to help them document the work they're doing to rehabilitate people involved in human trafficking. I met Christina Arnold who told me about her NGO and their work in Cambodia. Click To Play.
Last week, Stacy Monk and I were chatting and thought that our community could help smash that goal by raising much more funds as well as awareness for the work the Sharing Foundation does in Cambodia. Tags: community fundraising beth kanter beth53 campaign children sharing foundation. How does it work? And happy birthday!
I know this first hand because my family and I have been honored to support the college education of two young Cambodia women through the Sharing Foundation ‘s education program. College tuition in Cambodia compared to the US is not that much, for many young Cambodian women it is beyond their grasp.
At the Sharing Foundation, we are always on the lookout for t shirts and other items to bring over, so I asked if I could have them. Jay Dedman sent the box of leftover Vloggercon T-Shirts from 2006 and they were hand carried over the Cambodia and presented to the college students being sponsored by the Sharing Foundation.
Tom Watson has written about a remarkable woman in Cambodia, Mu Sochu. I’d like to introduce you to Keo Savon, an orphan from Cambodia from the same orphanage as our daughter. My family is sponsoring her college education through the work of the Sharing Foundation.
Tharum started his blog in June 2004 while a student at the National University of Management and working for the Open Forum for Cambodia , a Cambodian NGO devoted to digital divide issues. Tharum became a celebrity blogger when his blog was featured on the front page of the Cambodia Daily (the photo above was taken during that interview).
Somaly Mam , Cambodia woman, is an anti-slavery activist and survivor fighting for victims all over the world. Human Trafficking is a huge issue around the world, especially in Cambodia. And, of course, January 11th is my birthday and I'm doing what I love helping Cambodian youngsters by raising money for the Sharing Foundation.
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Click To Play Whenever I've travel over to Cambodia, I have the opportunity to check two large suitcases up to 70 pounds each. Instead, we bring over supplies for the Sharing Foundation , mostly in-kind donations of clothing, medicine, or other items that can't be easily acquired or are cheaper in the US.
Since I'm on the board of the Sharing Foundation that works on development projects to support children in Cambodia and is part of the GlobalGiving community, I'm going to plug our education projects. I would so much like it to be the Sharing Foundation. You can read about them here as well as contribute.
It will also change the life of one young woman in Cambodia, Keo Savon (above) who lived in the same orphanage as my daughter who was adopted from Cambodia. I’m donating my author royalties to the Sharing Foundation in support of her college education. She is a civil engineering major.
Many of you already know about my first personal fundraising campaign to raise money to cover the cost of the college tutition and living expenses for Leng Sopharath, an orphan in Cambodia. She is one of 18 students being sponsored for college through The Sharing Foundation's program. More background here ).
All proceeds from the sale after costs (ebay + paypal fees) will be going to charity, split 50/50 between the Sharing Foundation and Beyond Blue. I had the pleasure of meeting Duncan at Gnomedex in August where I presented on Social Media for Social Good , raised some money for the Sharing Foundation! Thank you so much Duncan!
I was a donor to his campaign and he has contributed to the America's Giving Challenge (and let encouraged his network to support the Sharing Foundation). He wrote a post called " Unshakeable Activism " where he lets you know that the $10 donation can truly change a child's life in Cambodia. for less that $6.00
Their fate seems set from a young age: Children living in some of the most deprived communities in Cambodia are often denied the chance of an education, trapped in a cycle of poverty with no escape. More children followed, because Scott gave up his Hollywood life and moved to Cambodia to set up the Cambodian Children’s Fund.
She earns a monthly wage working for the Sharing Foundation 's Sewing Project, a vocational program run by the Foundation that trains young women so they can earn a sustainable living wage with a home-based sewing business or a better paying job in Cambodia???s s garment industry. Call To Action.
to Cambodia ?" " She's asking her network to one or two of the following: Contribute the $10 -- If her school raises the most, the Sharing Foundation will give her $50,000 additional for the school. in rural cambodia with cell phone connection?" In fact, I'm going to ping a few colleagues.
She is smiling and next two other young women who are being sponsored for college by the Sharing Foundation. I also look forward to writing the quarterly letters that I send back to Cambodia with Dr. Hendrie. I just received her April, 2007 letter where she shared what her daily schedule is like.
Every time Dr. Hendrie travels back from Cambodia, we had a special briefing meeting for the Sharing Foundation volunteers and board members. The Sharing Foundation accomplishes so much! As many of you know, the Sharing Foundation won the Yahoo/Network for Good Charity Badge contest at the end of 2006.
I just set up a ChipIn page and widget (see above) to help raise money for an NGO, the Sharing Foundation that supports children in Cambodia. I'm on the board. One of its many programs is the college sponsorship program.
My 53rd birthday wish was to raise money for the Sharing Foundation to send 53 Cambodian Youngsters to school by covering the cost of their uniforms ($10 per child). That means 454 youngsters will be able to attend school in Cambodia and hopefully, fine, a route out of poverty. Kami Watson Huyse calls this a shared accomplishment.
Ever since, I’ve continued to raise money for my favorite charity, the Sharing Foundation that takes care of children in Cambodia. I’ll be raising money for the Sharing Foundation to contribute to Keo Savon’s college education. Claire from Twitter kicks it off today with a post about giving to Hope Runs.
Roger Carr has said it much better than I can in his post directing his blog readers to the Sharing Foundation's America's Giving Challenge fundraiser set up by Michele Martin. I'd also like to point over to Bob Uva's blog post about the supporting the Sharing Foundation. Thank you Michele and Roger! I met Bob through Facebook.
Book Party in at the Case Foundation: Who Has Their Hands on the Book. We were in Washington, DC on Thursday and Friday for our book tour for The Networked Nonprofit to celebrate with live and virtual events hosted by the Case Foundation and Chronicle of Philanthropy. Tags: Networked Nonprofit case foundation Wendy Harman.
This event is a biannual training workshop on information, communication, and technologies for citizen media, community health, and civil society development in Mekong Region and included participants are coders, journalists, and NGO staff from Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. The camp took place in Cha-am, Petchburi, Thailand.
This year I'm gonna celebrate by trying to get 51 people to donate $10 in 51 hours to the Sharing Foundation's America's Giving Challenge over at Global Giving. Those are some kids from the Sharing Foundation's Roteang Orphanage, opened in 2000. Last year for the big 5.0, I celebrated with a flickr photo birthday card remix contest.
We need to be in the top four charities that get the most unique donors in order to win the $50,000 for the Sharing Foundation. Essentially, I am asking YOU for $10 (USD) to help children in Cambodia. Here's the deal. I can't bear the thought of letting those children down. The competition ends Jan. Donate here.
You don’t have to get testimonials from celebrities (although each day it seems that more and more celebrities are publicizing their devotion to social causes ); start by collecting short statements from your most loyal donors (both individuals and companies or foundations, if possible) and put them on your website. Learn more here.
Two years ago, my family and I made a commitment to sponsor Leng Sopharath, a young woman from Cambodia, for her college education through the Sharing Foundation 's education program. Without the Sharing Foundation's college education program, she would not be able to make a better life for herself.
Sharing Foundation 's founder and president, Dr. Hendrie just forwarded me this 10 second video clip of the children in Roteang Orphanage. Click to play. Thought I'd share it here.
Today, in an email, Allison Fine is asking for our reactions to a new report she authored and published by The Overbrook Foundation yesterday called "Web 2.0 Assessment of The Overbrook Foundation's Human Rights Grantees." I discovered this report last night via a google alert, but was too tired to blog it.
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