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The water at these schools comes almost entirely from rain

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At a remote elementary school in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, until recently, access to safe drinking water was a daily challenge. Children often got sick from drinking the water. Urban Taipei obviously has different water infrastructure than rural Nepal or Vietnam. We were pretty much building gigantic Brita filters, he says.

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64 Online Stores That Benefit Nonprofits and the Greater Good

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Proceeds benefit Animals Asia work to end bear bile farming and improving the welfare of animals in China and Vietnam. Proceeds go to both the talented artisans that create the beautifully crafted products in the UNICEF Market and to help UNICEF save and protect children. 3) Animals Asia Shop :: shop.animalsasia.org. Home Goods.

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48 Online Stores That Benefit Nonprofits and the Greater Good

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Proceeds benefit Animals Asia work to end bear bile farming and improving the welfare of animals in China and Vietnam. Proceeds go to both the talented artisans that create the beautifully crafted products in the UNICEF Market and to help UNICEF save and protect children. 3) Animals Asia Shop :: shop.animalsasia.org. Household Goods.

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Vietnam and Indonesia Join TechSoup Asia’s Growing Family

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We proudly welcome NGO partners Vietnet-ICT and the Lin Centre in Vietnam, as well as ASEAN Foundation , Kopernik Marketplace , and YCAB Foundation in Indonesia to the TechSoup Global family. They are all part of TechSoup Asia , which serves charities in the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand — and now Vietnam and Indonesia.

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Glorang scores $10M Series A to expand its edtech marketplace across Asia 

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Hwang said that its business model is similar to Outschool, the San Francisco-based after-school marketplace for children. Glorang will use the Series A to expand its service to Japan and Malaysia by the fourth quarter of this year and Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam in the following years, Hwang said. pre-seed round.

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Could this rare bean be the solution to the global coffee crisis?

Fast Company Tech

“I want to send my children to school so they can be the future generation,” said Bashiama, a mother of 12. Native to South Sudan and a handful of other African countries, including Congo, Central African Republic, and Uganda, excelsa is also farmed in India, Indonesia, and Vietnam.

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A History of How Modern ESG Came to Be

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196 0s – Anti Vietnam War protests and the push for peace in the United States is well-known for the actions taken by University students and protesters, but also involved outspoken members of the business community. A nti-war wasn’t the only movement that took place in the 1960s. Read more about the history of Earth Day here. .

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