Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 4, 2011

"There's really no more rewarding work in the world than helping women and girls attain the highest possible quality of life." ~ Carinne Brody This month's Big Vision Podcast interview is special because it's part of the Girl Effect Blogging Campaign organized by Tara Sophia Mohr.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

In Uganda, a group of young people made incredible, heartfelt postcards filled with glitter and cut up magazine pictures to send to women in the Congo. There is a beautiful story on our website of a woman who knew she wanted to make a difference, but felt uncertain that she would ever be able to do enough. Learn more!

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

After meeting her at the Global Engagement Summer last spring, I knew I wanted to grab her for an interview before she became too famous. You use a process that on your website was described as the, "collaborative project planning process." He was actually on a business trip, on his bike, to Uganda. It had been bombed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Here are a few images from the charity: water website that show how they employ social proof. charity: water does a great job of including eye-catching numbers throughout their website. They do it on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram as well as on their blog, their website and in their email marketing campaigns.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 30, 2006

I just posted my interview with Jessica Jackley Flannery on the Big Vision Podcast. Jessica has worked in rural Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda with the Village Enterprise Fund and Project Baobab on impact evaluation and program development. Here's a link to a brief preview of the October 31st show on Google video.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 2, 2007

However, the fellowship does give me much more flexibility: I don't have to justify spending Benetech's funds for something that isn't directly connected to our current projects. For example, I'm planning on going to India and Bangladesh next month for the first time, and to Uganda and Sudan next year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

2. On September 7, 2006, Scott Harrison launched charity: water by throwing a birthday party, charging people $20 to attend, sending 100% of the money to build wells in a refugee camp in Uganda and then proving the work by sending photos and GPS coordinates to every guests. The 2011 September Campaign.

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