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New data for strategic disaster philanthropy 

Candid

Cyclone Idai struck Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, causing widespread flood destruction. Foundations and public charities funded $352 million for disasters and humanitarian crises. . Fifty-one percent of funding by foundations and public charities was for response and relief efforts. . Some of our key findings include: .

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Nonprofit Technology News for October 2013

Tech Soup

The nonprofit World Wide Web Foundation. According to the World Wide Web Foundation’s Tim Berners-Lee : “The reason for the Alliance is simple – the majority of the world’s people are still not online, usually because they can’t afford to be. serves as the secretariat for the Alliance.

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The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

Tech Soup

She says: “I like to reach communities that we haven’t reached before in the developing world like what we’re doing to bridge the digital divide with the Aga Khan Development Network in Mozambique. TechSoup Resources for Foundations. Additional Resources. TechSoup Resources for Faith Based Charities.

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Announcing Our Second Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Supporting Small-Scale Farmers Globally

Saleforce Nonprofit

He has been on field missions to co-create solutions with governments and implementing partners in Zambia, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Nigeria, and Bangladesh. Senior Program Associate, The Rockefeller Foundation. She leads the Diet Quality portfolio at the Rockefeller Foundation. Dun-Ying Vicki Yu. Molly Emmett.

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All for Green, and Green for All: An Interview with Van Jones

Have Fun - Do Good

He has won many honors, including the 1998 Reebok International Human Rights Award, the International Ashoka Fellowship, selection as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, and the Rockefeller Foundation Next Generation Leadership Fellowship. and you kind of go through your rebel phase. What are you doing to turn this thing around?"

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