Why Fixing Malawi’s Water Crisis Depends on Participatory Development
Joseph MagoyaWater For People
Spotlight on Vibrant Lagos in First of TEDx Skoll Conversation Series
Mercy AkamoTEDxLagos
“[The mothers] look to me as someone they can rely on for help…I want to make sure that every child who’s born is born HIV-negative in my country.” @NewsHour on @m2mtweets
Mentor Mothers know what it’s like to be pregnant and HIV-positive
Khanyisile Mavimbela was five months pregnant in 2008 when she took a test and learned she had HIV. She turned to a Mentor Mother for help and advice.
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"The world I'm working to create I'm working to create a world that is stable, that is peaceful, where we as human beings realize that we cannot consume the resources of the world the way we are doing now." — Kofi Annan
Grassroots justice defenders are working to eradicate #modernslavery & #childlabour but they are facing grave threats to their funding and to their personal safety. Learn more, sign the petition calling on govts to act- https://t.co/cPOrX2Gm9n.
#TipTheScales #JusticeForAll
A climate optimist, Christiana Figueres says that #climatechange is affecting everybody—right now. It's up to us to avoid the worst for future generations. #GCAS2018
☑️ Engaging wedding tent vendors, sweet sellers, musicians & florists
☑️ Mobilising families to avoid #childmarriage
☑️ Ensuring children have proof of age
What other grassroots interventions to #endchildmarriage have you seen?
https://t.co/LVkkzWMVk6 @LeherIndia
The word #peacebuilding has been used by the UN, governments, NGOs and businesses since 1975, yet to this day it isn't officially defined in any dictionary. It's time to change that. https://t.co/JN7ZIjT6qE
Let's get peacebuilding in the dictionary
Every day peacebuilders put themselves in challenging situations to bring about peace. But you've probably never heard of them. 'Peacebuilding’ ...
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Our #WednesdayWisdom comes from Camfed alumna Mary. Equipped with #education & self-belief, she and her 120,000 CAMA sisters take on the responsibilities of leadership & raising up others around them: https://t.co/KM0UZxp9VI #WomenWhoLead
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Congrats to @EcoPeaceME on receiving @Stanford's Bright Award in recognition of their efforts to build peace through environmental conservation in the Middle East!
Award given to Jordan River peacemakers | Stanford News
The Stanford Bright Award will be presented to EcoPeace Middle East at an Oct. 4 event on the Stanford campus.
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"If there is something holding back female leaders from scaling their social impact organizations, what can be done at a systems level to remove those obstacles?"
Advancing Women Social Entrepreneurs: Strengths and Challenges - Skoll.org
As Skoll Foundation CEO and President Sally Osberg says, “social entrepreneurs are cracking the code of some of the world’s most pressing ...
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Morning! Rise & Shine ✨are you ready to traverse the political, scientific, radical and spiritual realms with our Mothers of Invention? We go deep into the impacts of climate change & gentrification on #womenshealth https://t.co/Z42bQPMCoE #WednesdayWisdom
We're #hiring for three openings in Palo Alto! Learn more about the positions:
Portfolio & Investments Fellow: https://t.co/pFLVabnXOE
Portfolio & Investments Analyst: https://t.co/J9Zc7FS2zE
Senior Program Manager, Funder Alliances: https://t.co/jyuTb0Db7n
How can social entrepreneurs finance their journey to scale? 💵
Here are tips from @devex's recent webinar featuring:
@OneAcreFund's Andrew Youn
@Lynk_Kenya's Adam Grunewald
@USAID @GlobalDevLab's @alexisbonnell
West Coast reporter @catherinecheney
Webinar: A social entrepreneur's guide to financing
How can social enterprises finance their journey to scale? Experts from One Acre Fund, Lynk, and USAID's Global Development Lab share their practical ...
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Check out the resource we created with @ImmDefense and @NYCLU to learn how you can document/expose ICE arresting immigrants at courthouses while we fight to abolish these practices altogether #ICEoutofCourts https://t.co/suwjmyN2e1
Eyes on Courts: Documenting ICE arrests
WITNESS, Immigrant Defense Project (IDP), and New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) created this resource to inform people that they have the right t...
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How @digdivdata used "guardrails and frames" to balance between their social mission (reducing poverty in SE Asia) and business mission (operating sustainably as an IT firm). #Socent lessons on @physorg_com: