Candid

JANUARY 8, 2025

We must teach them the bigger picture of global issues and prepare them to use their future thought leadership and resources to participate in global change making. My daughter Ruby blossomed into a leader at her school following a trip to Zimbabwe, where she saw innovative solutions firsthand.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

They are an awesome organization that was founded by two professional “futball” players from Zimbabwe. They decided to use soccer to teach adolescents, primarily girls, about the dangers of HIV, how to protect themselves from STIs and sexual abuse, and how to build confidence beyond their teenage years!

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Build a school in Zimbabwe. Noble Paws teaches people with disabilities to run their own dog team, which was a very unique idea in Alaska. The real reason that campaigns you see on GoFundMe have success is that they are set up for very specific and tangible projects : Help Bob get new teeth. Help pay for Sally’s cancer treatment.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 11, 2007

Women Who Light the Dark by photojournalist Paola Gianturco (powerHouse books, September 2007) begins with a profile of Betty Makoni and the Girl Child Network in Zimbabwe. she answered, "Teaching my colleagues what to do when they are abused." Betty and 6 tenth grade students co-founded the Girl Child Network.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

A high school English teacher in Zimbabwe, whose name is Betty Makoni , began hearing stories from her students after school, that they had been raped. The children are ages 6-16, and they're making huge strides by leading a national movement against child rape in Zimbabwe. Right at the end of that period, I also was teaching.

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