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Preparing for the Next Disaster: The Future of #crisisdata

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Working in a Baton Rouge shelter, he saw children looking for their parents, and parents looking for their children, yet matching them was difficult. " Macon Phillips, special assistant to the President and director of new media for the White House, was a volunteer during Hurricane Katrina.

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Aiming to create a gender-equitable startup landscape?

TechCrunch

Women working in technology often face assumptions and questions about their family life, marital status and children, which leaders and VCs may consider to be obstacles to their progress within a company or a limit to their potential as a founder. How can we better support women to grow their companies?

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Innovamat tallies up $21M to reinvent math education

TechCrunch

It has been around since 2017, operating initially in Spain before expanding to Italy and several countries in Latin America (Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Brazil and Peru). Much of the issue rests with an ill-suited approach to teaching math and children who struggle to respond to how it’s being taught. in New Jersey.

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CDI's Plan to Restore Communications to Chilean NGOs

Tech Soup

In some ways, the impact of the recent earthquake in Chile wasn't as immediately obvious as that of the earthquake in Haiti. After their hugely successful text messaging campaign for Haiti , the Red Cross has set up a similar campaign for Chile: simply text "CHILE" to 90999 to make a ten-dollar donation. From CDI: read more.

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Conquering a Cruel Continent for a Cause

Tech Soup

This includes approximately 200 deaths of young children every year. The Atacama Desert in Chile is next. According to Greenpeace's research , air pollution from Eskom's coal-fired power plants is currently causing an estimated 2,200 premature deaths a year in South Africa. " He's Just Getting Started.

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Dear Sophie: Can founders get visas in 2021 through DACA or other means?

TechCrunch

Cheerful in Chile. as children. Founders who are citizens of designated countries, including Chile, can qualify for the ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) visa waiver program , allowing them to travel to the U.S. If my friend is a Dreamer in the U.S. Hello Cheerful! since June 15, 2007.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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They wanted to create a literacy program for themselves because now there was a school where their children could go to school, but they felt embarrassed that they couldn't support their children because they themselves were illiterate. Women and their children are disproportionately victims of outside violence as well.

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