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Crisis, Climate And Conflict Drove Disaster Philanthropy

The NonProfit Times

Many international grants were directly given to local and national actors. of the funding, according to Tanya Gulliver-Garcia, CDPs director of advisory and education services. Sudan was also in a spotlight due to war and flooding which sparked famine. While response and relief dominated the 2022 giving, $201.8

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

Fast Company Tech

The farmer had never grown coffee in her village in western South Sudan, but now hopes a rare, climate-resistant species will help pull her family from poverty. 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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Sudan Activist Conference Call: What You Can Do to Make a Difference in Darfur

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In an effort to understand why the violence there is still happening, and what I can do to help, I've called in for two of the monthly conference calls for Sudan Activists produced by ENOUGH , the Genocide Intervention Network , STAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition , and the Save Darfur Coalition.

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President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

For example, I'm planning on going to India and Bangladesh next month for the first time, and to Uganda and Sudan next year. And, the most committed and dynamic folks from that crowd may have the chance to serve on our board of directors. If you know someone like that, send her (or him) my way, too!

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Do What You Can: National Week of Action for Darfur April 6-13

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I just have to do what I can. " -- Jerry Fowler, Executive Director of the Save Darfur Coalition , during an interview on the Voices on Genocide Prevention Podcast. April 10 Call President Bush at 1-800-GENOCIDE and ask the White House to keep its promise by implementing the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act (SADA).

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What Can I Do About Genocide? An Interview with Janessa Goldbeck

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On April 15, 2008 I talked with Janessa Goldbeck, the Director of Membership at the Genocide Intervention Network, about what we can all do about genocide. Janessa Goldbeck: My name is Janessa Goldbeck and I am the Director of Membership at the Genocide Intervention Network. His campaign was successful.

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From a Millennial: Nobody Wants to Hear Your Stories. We Want to See Them.

Connection Cafe

National Library of Medicine put the average 2013 attention span at 8 seconds. Having spent several months in Southern Sudan, I know the struggles that people have to find clean drinking water. But who has time to tell stories? In fact, the latest numbers given by the U.S. Something that tells a story. Incredible.

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