Candid

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The Gates Foundation pledged $315 million over three years to CGIAR , a global research partnership focused on the needs of smallholder farmers, in support of efforts to help them adapt to a surge of climate threats that, in turn, are exacerbating global hunger and poverty. Read more. . November 3, 2021.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 4, 2011

When I signed up to participate in the Girl Effect Blogging Campaign, I wasn't sure how I would contribute, but when I connected with Carinne Brody at an International Museum of Women event a couple weeks ago, I knew she would be a wonderful person to talk with us about the connection between girls' education and global health.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 12, 2011

As I mentioned in my previous two blogs about my Africa trip of last July, I had the pleasure of meeting many interesting people and learning about numerous exciting, cool projects during that three week long visit to Kenya, Tanzania and Ghana. The good news is that trachoma can effectively be eliminated.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

According to a recent AP report , 300,000 people in Kenya were forced to leave their homes, and over 800 people were killed during this past month's post-election violence. Feministing suggests making donations to the Kenya Red Cross Society. Kenya donation I want to do something. El Oso made a donation through MamaMikes.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Laureus is a global movement whose purpose is to change the world through the power of sport. The Laureus Sport for Good Index, launched in 2021, is our annual listing of the best brands globally using sport to drive social and environmental impact. Throughout my rugby career, sport was about trying our best to win each game we played.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2015

International Corporate Accountability Roundtable ● icar.ngo. Mission: To ensure corporations respect human rights in their global operations. International Society of Street Papers ● insp.ngo. World Vision International ● wvi.ngo. Kijani ● kijani.ngo. United States. Kopernik ● kopernik.ngo. United Kingdom.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Maximizing each partners’ strength, global reach and diverse experience, we are coming together to tell the story of progress (and lack thereof) for girls and women against the promises guaranteed in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

This is totally the “how sausage and law are made” view, so don’t read this unless you want to know more about global accessibility in detail! Even though Benetech doesn’t have donor funding for this, our VP of Global Literacy, Betsy Beaumon, and I thought it would be worthwhile to attend this meeting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2006

She caught my attention because she founded an organization that works with orphaned and disabled children in Kenya. Ali is the Founder of AVIF (ABLe Volunteers International Fund). In 2002, she established a 65-teacher international summer school in NE Asia. Organizations in Kenya are carefully vetted. Trade not Aid !"

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 19, 2007

An estimated 80,000-150,000 people from all over the world will be attending the 2007 World Social Forum in Nairobi, Kenya January 20-25th. The World Social Forum was created by anti-globalization activists in 2001 as a balance to the World Economic Forum in Davos. This is the first time it has been held in Africa.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Maximizing each partners’ strength, global reach and diverse experience, we are coming together to tell the story of progress (and lack thereof) for girls and women against the promises guaranteed in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2010

Tom Aageson, the co-Founder of the Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship. In addition to being the co-Founder of the Global Center, he is also the Executive Director of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation. He is also the co-Founder of the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market. Here's the direct download (mp3) link too.

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Global Giving

AUGUST 21, 2018

A: Founded in 2002, GlobalGiving has an extensive community of vetted global nonprofits and a trusted donation platform. ChimeforChange.org , a program founded by Gucci, Beyonce, and Salma Hayek, used our API to allow visitors to see, fund, and read updates on projects designed to improve the lives of women and girls globally.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

If you don't have a local group (I can help fix that problem! ), there are also free online guides and a global Twitter chat October 5 using the hashtag #storymakers2017. The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America , or go international with events in. Kisii, Kenya: Storymakers 2017 NetSquared Kisii.

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Forum One

JUNE 18, 2009

A couple of weeks ago a group of Seattle global health data experts met at the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute to continue a conversation we started earlier this year on global health data.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

But did you know that our work is global? That's why TechSoup created NetSquared , our global network of volunteer-led Tech4Good meetups. Every month our global network of community organizers hosts Tech4Good events in more than 70 cities. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Treading Lightly | The Delicate Art of Internal Communications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

The initiative brings together an array of existing, new and enhanced global programs and partnerships that connect young people with better education, employment and entrepreneurship opportunities. Peter Shiras joined us from another great youth organization, the International Youth Foundation (IYF). A video of her story is here.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2010

We want to give people an opportunity to really develop, innovate, and preserve their own culture." -- Tom Aageson, co-founder, Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship A week, or so ago I interviewed my Dad, Tom Aageson, for a special Father's Day show on the Big Vision Podcast. I've posted an edited transcript of the interview below.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

Video games are big — bigger than Hollywood in terms of revenue, as a $66 billion global industry. Since 2009, Zynga.org has enabled millions of players to contribute nearly $20 million to more than 30 nonprofit organizations globally. You can register here. Players, who collectively average about 30 years old in the U.S.,

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) is a global-wide community of hackers and social leaders with the common goal of building open technology for a better world. Microsoft's International Women's Hackathon challenged female developers to combat issues like human trafficking through new mobile apps and web programs.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

I just had to take that chance." - Jensine Larsen Jensine Larsen is the Founder and CEO of World Pulse , a global media and communication network devoted to bringing women a global voice. Jensine Larsen: World Pulse is a global media enterprise fully devoted to bringing women a global voice. That wasn't fulfilling me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Note from Beth: On my way to Kenya for the Ushahidi Board meeting , so enjoy this post by Manny Hernandez. Note from Beth: On my way to Kenya for the Ushahidi Board meeting, so enjoy this post by Manny Hernandez. To help the video go viral, we got Roche to also agree to make a $0.75 1 and Nov. 1, World Diabetes Day (i.e.

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Global Giving

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Since 2007, offerings like M-Pesa , a mobile money transfer service, which began as an initiative from the telecommunications company Vodafone, is a huge opportunity for those living in primarily cash-based societies like Kenya and Tanzania. BitPesa, Banqu, and UCash are scaling similar concepts in Kenya, Indonesia, and India.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Every month, our global network of community organizers host Tech4Good events in more than 70 cities. The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Busia, Kenya: Netsquared Kenya Joins MLH Hackathon 3 December 2016. The link need to be like so: Africa.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2013

This meeting will be at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. The event is sponsored by Microsoft and organized by TechSoup Global , WorldLoop , and Mico E-Waste Solutions. Africa now has more mobile phone users than either the U.S. or European Union or Latin America. Image: Beanhammer (Flickr Creative Commons).

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2016

We're a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. Every month our global network of community organizers host Tech4Good events in more than 60 cities. The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Busia, Kenya: Stop Cyberbullying Day SCD 2016.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2010

This week, several TechSoup Global staffers are participating in Foundation Week in Brussels. This post comes from GuideStar International chair Buzz Schmidt. Originally publised on the GuideStar International Blog. read more.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

These global leaders are coming from Uganda, Australia, London, and Florida. We're a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Busia, Kenya: Open Data Day. Busia, Kenya: Open Data Day.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

TechSoup Global’s Dara Westling attended the recent Global Donors Forum in Washington, D.C. She is our vice president of development alliances and global media for TechSoup Global’s domestic and international programs. We connect the local with global resources.” Dara Westling.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2015

So far we've scheduled events in Kenya and Uganda, and will be adding more cities throughout the fall. The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. New York, New York: #GivingTuesday: Creation of a Global Giving Movement. The link need to be like so: Africa.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

We're a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Busia, Kenya: Safer Internet Campaign — February 10 to March 25. Busia, Kenya: Teaching Mobile Apps Development to High School Students.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

This post is Development Director Ryan Ginard's first impression of seeing how powerful a virtual reality video is in putting the viewer in the middle of a compelling story at the most recent meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative. A Highlight at the Recent Clinton Global Initiative Meeting. Piquing Interest Among Younger Donors.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Every month our global network of community organizers hosts Tech4Good events in more than 70 cities. The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Busia, Kenya: Net2 Kenya Subregional Conferences — Kisumu Busia and Kakamega. Central and South America.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

This offer is international. It’s a new international charity classification system that will pave the way for better grantmaking, especially online and international philanthropy. BRIDGE is an acronym for Basic Registry of Identified Global Entities. Chad McEvoy of Global Giving is the BRIDGE project manager.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2015

TechSoup's NetSquared is a global network of nonprofit technology meetups. The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Global Game Jam — Guatemala 2015. Busia, Kenya: Safer Internet Campaign: February 10th - March 25th.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2015

We''re a [global movement]([link] with chapters in 20 countries. The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Busia, Kenya: Beyond Today’s Internet Experiencing: Smart Future Conference Kenya. The link need to be like so: Africa. Asia and Pacific Rim.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Find my piece, “ Will Facebook’s Internet.org Bridge the Global Digital Divide? The service has 17 million users and is transforming the way wealth is distributed in poor countries, which now include Tanzania, India, and Afghanistan as well as Kenya. Smart Watches. Another post-PC device to buy and pay attention to.

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