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Happy Cambodian New Year, Fire in Russey Keo, and One World Cambodia!

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It was celebrated this past weekend in Cambodia. The photo was taken by Mongkol who is now back in Cambodia after spending two years in graduate school here in Boston. Unfortunately, sometimes holidays in Cambodia bring bad news and this New Year's there was a devastating fire as reported by blogger Jinja. are now homeless.

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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

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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.

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#GivingTuesday: Why I Am Participating in the National Day of Giving on November 27, 2012

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For example, Mark Horvath has put together a cookbook , filled with recipes from social media leaders, that is being sold on iTunes and is generating funding to help provide programs to homeless.

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Guest Post by Michaela Hackner: Community Matters Even At SXSW

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I actually have a repertoire of stories, but one of them is about Michaela Hackner ( Kalabird.) I connected with her through her amazing photos of Cambodia on Flickr when I was covering the Cambodian blogosphere for Global Voices over five years ago. to help promote awareness of homelessness in America.

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Reader Appreciation Day: Beth's Big Give - Congrats to Epic Change

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Transitions Cambodia : Helps many girls being trafficked throughout the southeast Asia area. Bridge Communities 88.6%* of every $1 goes directly to work on 6 levels to help transition families from homelessness to complete self-sufficiency in about two years. $25 Suggested by Kare. founded by James and Athena Pond of Hillsboro, Oregon.

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Vote for Your CNN Hero: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Impact

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Anne Mahlum "Used to run by homeless men each morning. Phymean Noun "Growing up in Cambodia, Phymean Noun struggled to complete high school. Carolyn LeCroy "After serving time in prison, Carolyn LeCroy started The Messages Project to help children stay connected with their incarcerated parents. Her nonprofit St.

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Four Early Lessons Learned in the Quest to Improve Feedback Loops in Philanthropy

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Note from Beth: I’ve just returned from an amazing training project in Cambodia and will be sharing more about that this coming week. They tried using social media to contact foster youth and are finding less success in reaching foster youth who are parents, have mental illness, or are homeless. Photo by LIFT.

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