March 2010
Children and Sponsors Bond in Kenya →
ChildFund Sponsorship Day
by Virginia Sowers
ChildFund Community Manager
When our bus pulled up at the park, the children were waiting tentatively. Most had traveled long…
April Event Round-Up →
Spring has us ready to get out and share new ideas, so it’s time for our monthly event roundup. Below are some of the mobile events happening around the world that we think might be of interest to…
GFAR gets researchers together →
posted by Jorge Chavez-Tafur The first Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD) is currently taking place in Montpellier, France. GCARD is organized by …
Getting the Gist of Permaculture →
If you are just running into permaculture or are attending my upcoming seminar (fully booked, sorry) and are wondering just what this permaculture thing is anyway, the following links might help out:
The Train of Dreams →
You are citizens of a world in crisis. You are the dwellers of a planet on the verge of extinction. You have the power to decide whether or not to become a dreamer. You have the choice to decide…
Painting for a Cause →
How can you use your own hobbies to support the fight against malaria? Just ask Oceana Rain Fields.
When the Pacific High School senior told her aunt that she wanted to be an artist, her…
The State of the Nonprofit Community: A Survey of... →
We recently surveyed a sample of our agencies to find out how well they’re weathering the recession. Not surprisingly in times of economic hardship, needs are up and resources are down….
Agricultural biodiversity conservation and use in... →
The latest edition of IITA’s R4D Review has various articles on agrobiodiversity issues, including a roundup of the activities of the centre’s genebank and an interview with its manager,
Rwanda unveils first bio-diesel bus →
The Nonprofit Quarterly | Nonprofit Newswire |... →
April 1 Marks the Start of 2010 Census: What... →
The countdown is over. April 1st is here – kicking off the most important month of the entire 2010 Census operation.
The number one priority is maximizing the mail participation rate – the…
Longtime supporter and best-selling author, Laura... →
For some of us it may be Goodnight Moon, for others perhaps it’s Harold and the Purple Crayon, but for most of us there is one story always brings back wonderful memories of moments…
Fredericksburg.com - Nonprofits can earn cash for... →
Hunger in the News →
International The Cry from Haiti: ‘We Want to Escape Misery to Return to Poverty.’ As Haiti prepared its plea for help at today’s donors’ conference, a retired Norfolk orthopedic surgeon has…
Collaboration @ Rural →
Criminalising homosexuality: a threat to human... →
My review of “Urgency Required: Gay and Lesbian Rights are Human Rights” published by HIVOS. Originally posted on Pambazuka News – 4th March 2010 Urgency is required at this very moment as the…
AIDS Action sponsoring the 8th National Harm... →
The AIDS Action Committee will sponsor the 8th National Harm Reduction Conference, taking place November 18-21, 2010 in Austin, TX.
The conference will bring together…
Teaching others how to give money / The Christian... →
Fourth day of the Global Conference on... →
Charity helps girls go to prom in style -... →
Third day of the Global Conference on Agricultural... →
Haiti looks more like a war than a recovery →
As the United Nations Haitian donor conference begins today in New York, delegates from throughout the world will talk about what the country should look like. An article from IPS today gives…
Steady as she goes →
Minister Garrido and me at the presentation of the sector performance review
In my last post, on the 10 March, I was getting ready for the CCS policy discussion, which was due…
DM2009 Siberia Winner Reports on Indigenous... →
The 40 Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia, and Far East in Russia have had to struggle mightily — not only against a hostile environment but what they see as sometimes arbitrary…
Signature of the Uganda CAADP Compact →
Organizing for Reform in Algeria →
Aicha Lahlou, CIPE’s new program officer responsible for North Africa programs, James Liddell, program assistant for North Africa, and I are in Algeria today working with a variety of Algerian…
Nonprofit Blog Carnival →
I am hosting this month’s Nonprofit Blog Carnival (last month’s carnival). I was amazed at what a great response we had this month. Thank you all for your incredible submissions….
From American Soil →
The disruption of a plot by a clandestine militant group in Clayton, Michigan, to murder law enforcement officials illustrates perfectly what an unholy and inconsistent mess…
Modifying left, right and center →
Today’s Daily News section at National Geographic had pieces on a trout genetically modified to be more muscular and a pig genetically modified to be more environmentally friendly. Is there…
Battling it out over drought-tolerant maize in... →
Maize in Africa is becoming a bit of a battlefield in the agri-culture wars. The BBC has a radio programme on the Water Efficient Maize for Africa project, which is a partnership between…
Research into Use: Managing Africa’s Medicinal... →
A BrandAID for third-world artisans →
There are many crafters and artisans in the under-developed world, but very few people get to see their work. What is missing for these artisans is a way into the global marketplace, many are cut…
What solutions would you propose to global... →
Thanks to this post from Mashable, I learned this morning about a really interesting program being run by USAID (with involvement from other federal agencies), called Global Pulse 2010.
A virtual foresight Academy for Africa? →
In the Arts: Charleston Symphony Cuts Season Short... →
New approach to water desalination →
The Long Financial Crisis →
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It’s commonplace to describe the financial crisis as a once-in-a-century event, but I question whether that is the case. Perhaps we’re not in the…
LIVINPEACEFULLY INVOLVES HAPPY LIFE AND NOT FURY. →
Most people and societies do believe that in order to live in peace they have to consider all possible means that can help them
avoid anger; and this is right since my anger hurts me…
Care2 101: Download the Presentation →
Last week, Care2 held an information packed webinar on how nonprofits can maximize lead acquisition and online recruitment and leverage it with online fundraising opportunities. In this…
Linking Peacebuilders: Key Network Organizations... →
Dear Colleagues
As the conflict resolution and peacebuilding field has grown an increasing number of organizations and associations have been formed to help share information, exchange best…
Reading List 3/31/2010 →
Today we’re reading a letter to the editor in the New York Times on the importance of defeating NTDs in Haiti, and the latest updates about what the Sabin Vaccine Institute, the Gates Foundation,…
Analyze This - Event Fundraising Analytics →
Author: Emma Zolbrod
Shortly after my son was born, he was weighed and measured. And so it began: A new life surrounded by numbers. How long did he sleep? Apparently the ‘average’ baby slept…
Thoughts as Mercy Corps Bosnia comes to a close →
As the Mercy Corps Bosnia and Herzegovina office closes today after 17 years, our feelings are mixed, of course. Sadness and nostalgia from one side, and pride and satisfaction on the other. Those…
New Report from Enough: Deal Making in Sudan →
A series of deals in last month over elements of Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement , or CPA, largely went under the radar of international media attention, but offer important…
Is Darfur's Peacekeeping Chief Overly Optimistic? →
In times of delicate political negotiations and fragile ceasefires, diplomats have to tread a fine rhetorical line. But even allowing for the usual excess of diplomatic optimism, some of the recent…
Adventures in online advertising, part I →
We at IPA have recently been delving into the world of online advertising to help us spread the gospel of rigorous impact research. Being who we are, we could not resist this opportunity to run a…
Senator Durbin Statement on World Water Day →
Please read this powerful statement (below) from Senator Durbin on World Water Day. Note in particular his recent trip to Africa where he visited a number of water/sanitation/health projects,…
Exclusive: AIDS in Uganda – Malaria and Suicide →
by Ricci Davis
Independent investigator Ricci Davis interviews Bright, a Ugandan man whose brother-in-law was diagnosed with AIDS, and the tragedy that ensued. Davis uncovers the confusion regarding…
Survey of Deaf College Students Indicates High... →
After eight years of conducting surveys, researchers at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) released their findings, indicating that “that deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals are 1.5…
How Much Give Can You Get →
Triple Pundit reviewed a study that shows altruism amongst green product purchasers declines rapidly. In the write up, author BC Upham says, ‘The study suggests people who have spent money on…