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Big News in Benetech's Human Rights Program: New Funding and Enhanced Tools!

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million grant from the U.S. Here’s why this grant is so important to us: Gathering the stories of victims and witnesses puts human rights fieldworkers and their sources at grave risk. Activists have been asked to entrust proprietary tools with life and death information, and have learned recently how much that trust has been violated.

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Vietnam and Indonesia Join TechSoup Asia’s Growing Family

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They are all part of TechSoup Asia , which serves charities in the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand — and now Vietnam and Indonesia. The program helps Vietnamese nonprofits to build staff capacity, apply for grants, and recruit skilled volunteers. It uses a crowd-funding matching system like the famous Kiva.org system.

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Creating a Movement, Addressing Inequality

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She spent half of her senior year traveling the world again, backpacking through places like Indonesia, Thailand, and Southeast Asia. She saw firsthand the inequalities that existed in the world, including children and families struggling to have food and clothes, the bare essentials we take for granted.

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Creating Markets for Fair Trade Gifts: An Interview with Priya Haji of World of Good

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So finding how to develop standards to support that sector of the economy is extremely important to the long-term life and health outcomes of not only these women but also their families. For example, we have had women's groups write us from Thailand and say, "You know, that's so funny. So that has been this huge, exciting progress.

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Upcoming Nonprofits Live: Storytelling and Collaborative Video

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As an independent filmmaker, Windy has produced and directed promotional videos, films, and documentaries, including “The Tillamook Burn” (2003), “The ‘D’ Word: Understanding Dyslexia” (Sundance 2012), and “The Eyes of Thailand” (2012). Windy founded D.V.A.

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7 Nonprofits Leading the Fight Against Human Trafficking

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Solution: As a nonprofit, AnnieCannons relies on fundraising to support its programs — though the organization aims to be self-sustaining one day — and uses the Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) as the cornerstone of client management practices for donors and grants. Learn more about how Polaris leverages Salesforce to further its mission.

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Participation in Storytelling: Collaborative Video on Nonprofits Live

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As an independent filmmaker, Windy has produced and directed promotional videos, films, and documentaries, including “The Tillamook Burn” (2003), “The ‘D’ Word: Understanding Dyslexia” (Sundance 2012), and “The Eyes of Thailand” (2012). Windy founded D.V.A.