The Verge
JANUARY 5, 2021
The changes are due to an exemption granted by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the sanction enforcement arm of the US Treasury Department. GitHub says it will now offer its full range of services in Iran, after imposing restrictions on the platform for Iranian developers due to US sanctions.
Candid
APRIL 9, 2024
There were many more, including February’s earthquake in Turkey and Syria. A year later, Candid had tracked 465 grants worth $289 million and 55 pledges worth nearly $206 million in response to that disaster. (That distinction previously belonged to the Greater Houston Community Foundation, after Hurricane Harvey.)
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Qgiv
JUNE 29, 2023
This growth was likely spurred on by the conflict in Ukraine and devastating natural disasters that impacted Turkey and Syria. Then, focus on attracting donations in the form of grants from foundations, bequests, and corporate donations. Grants In 2023, apply for grants from foundations that fund the kind of work that you do.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 25, 2017
When staff at SOS Children’s Villages International , which cares for children impacted by the Syrian refugee crisis, learned a five-year-old in Syria needed critical heart surgery, they used the cloud storage service OneDrive to quickly assemble photo and video assets into a pitch to international donors.
Candid
AUGUST 2, 2023
Seeing a problem—like the February earthquake in Turkey and Syria —many will act to mitigate it. That said, only 29% of funders that explicitly support climate initiatives are allocating at least 20% of their grant dollars to such efforts. But climate change has been a disaster experienced slowly, and now all at once.
TechCrunch
MARCH 8, 2023
Company name: Qerat Startup What it does: Food product Founder: Salma Essa Country: Syria The pitch: Qerat Startup aims to provide “food for good,” or food security, by using a commonly wasted resource, carob, for nourishment.
Tech Soup
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
Serving as a geographical and cultural bridge between Europe and the Middle East, Turkey is a country that shares borders with both Syria and Iraq (not to mention another six * countries). In addition to Syria and Iraq, these are Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Armenia, Iran, and the Azerbaijani exclave: Nakhchivan. (If
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