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Strengthening evidence for refugee self-reliance programming 

Candid

The grant will support five research projects undertaken by refugee-led organizations in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda to generate actionable insights and practical solutions to advance self-reliance. RSRI has also launched a grant opportunity to elevate refugee-led research and refugee perspectives.

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Measurement Wisdom for Nonprofits from Bill Gates

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Like Marion Conway, I was struck by this photo of him pointing to data handwritten on the walls = tracking immunization records from a rural health clinic in Ethiopia. A decade ago, there was no official record of a child’s birth or death in rural Ethiopia.

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Measurement Takes Center Stage in Bill Gates' 2013 Letter

NTEN

One of the examples in the Gates letter highlights this risk: Ethiopia’s recent effort to monitor the progress of its immunization program is a good example of learning from data and—the hardest part—using data to improve delivery of the right solutions. Ethiopia could have ignored this conflict and reported the most favorable data.

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Rwanda and Twitter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Feed a child, feed a nation! The project is designed and implemented by IIE/Sub-Saharan Office and funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation PRH program. MIGEPROF (@MIGEPROF) March 13, 2012.

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More Groovy Service Acts at Service Nation Summit: Senator Chris Dodd's Semester of Service and Encore Service Act

Have Fun - Do Good

During his speech this afternoon at the Service Nation Summit , Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT) described being inspired to serve after hearing John F. Senator Paul Tsongas, who served in Ethiopia, was the second. "It is time to establish our collective responsibility," --Senator Chris Dodd. Army Reserves for over 6 years.

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Nonprofits in the Autonomous World: Will the Bots Take Over?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

National Geographic the Albert Einstein Bot to accompany its Genius Film Festival. When you send a message to this Facebook Messenger bot named Yeshi, she tells her story about how her daily walk for clean water in Ethiopia. . Charity:Water created a bot called “ Walk with Yeshi ” as a donor engagement tool.

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TechSoup joins the #ALSIceBucketChallenge

Tech Soup

From local athletes and community members in Boston it quickly became a national movement. Before the age of computers and social media, the broadcasting of live imagery from Ethiopia culminated in Live Aid, one of the most successful charity events at that time.