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How to better support girls globally?

Fast Company Tech

For example, our new report shows that 221 rape cases in Sudan against children have been recorded since 2024 began. Nations like Burkina Faso and Liberia are cutting the share of girls subjected to the practice over the last 30 years by half. But there is hope.

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Could this rare bean be the solution to the global coffee crisis?

Fast Company Tech

The farmer had never grown coffee in her village in western South Sudan, but now hopes a rare, climate-resistant species will help pull her family from poverty. Native to South Sudan and a handful of other African countries, including Congo, Central African Republic, and Uganda, excelsa is also farmed in India, Indonesia, and Vietnam.

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Crisis, Climate And Conflict Drove Disaster Philanthropy

The NonProfit Times

Many international grants were directly given to local and national actors. Sudan was also in a spotlight due to war and flooding which sparked famine. It is a significant percentage, exceeding the commitment toprovide 25%of humanitarian funding to local and national actors by signatories of theGrand Bargain. the previous year.

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Sudan Activist Conference Call: What You Can Do to Make a Difference in Darfur

Have Fun - Do Good

In an effort to understand why the violence there is still happening, and what I can do to help, I've called in for two of the monthly conference calls for Sudan Activists produced by ENOUGH , the Genocide Intervention Network , STAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition , and the Save Darfur Coalition.

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Clean energy firm Husk signs UN energy compact as it begins solar mini-grid expansion in Nigeria, rest of Africa

TechCrunch

The renewable energy firm revealed the plans today when it announced the signing of a voluntary commitment with the United Nations to grow its energy market in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. They also provide cleaner and cheaper alternatives of energy, which could transform the lives of millions of people living in darkness.

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Do What You Can: National Week of Action for Darfur April 6-13

Have Fun - Do Good

April 10 Call President Bush at 1-800-GENOCIDE and ask the White House to keep its promise by implementing the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act (SADA). April 13 Join STAND, Amnesty International, GI-Net, and Save Darfur on the National Mall in Washington, DC for a rally at the White House on the Global Day for Darfur.

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President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

For example, I'm planning on going to India and Bangladesh next month for the first time, and to Uganda and Sudan next year. Last year, the National Police archive was discovered, with an estimated 80 million pages of documents. One thing I am definitely going to do is write the book I've been kicking around for the last five years.

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