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NPR Spotlight on BravenAimée Eubanks Davis founded her organization, Braven, in order to help her students graduating from college find their first good job. To accomplish this task,…Aug 2016
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Liberian Government Launches Historic National Health Worker Plan to Reach 1.2 MillionSunday was a historic day in the fight to advance universal health coverage in Liberia. On July 24th, the Government of Liberia and partners launched…Jul 2016
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DRK Announces Venture Philanthropy Fund to Support 100 Social EntrepreneursMENLO PARK, Calif, June 23, 2016—The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation announced today the launch of a new $65 million initiative to find, fund and support…Jun 2016
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Campaigning to Make India’s Roads SaferNine years ago, Piyush Tewari was managing operations in India for a Los Angeles-based private equity firm when tragedy struck his family. While returning home…Jun 2016
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Crisis Text Line Helps Teens in Crisis Through High-Tech HelplineThere’s a groundbreaking way for teens to find high-tech help when they need it urgently. It’s called Crisis Text Line (CTL), and its creators found…Jun 2016
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New Story Teams Up with NFL's Elvis Dumervil to Rebuild HaitiElvis Dumervil, Baltimore Ravens’ All-Pro DE/OLB, has returned from a weekend in Bercy, Haiti checking in on the construction progress of a 58 home community…Jun 2016
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Andrew Youn: 3 Reasons We Can Win the Fight Against PovertyHalf of the world’s poorest people have something in common: they’re small farmers. In this eye-opening talk, activist Andrew Youn shows how his group, One…Jun 2016
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This Accelerator Is Building An Ecosystem For Climate Change StartupsRainforest Connection transforms recycled cellphones into solar-powered devices that monitor and pinpoint deforestation activity for intervention in real time. While the breakthrough technology has proven…Jun 2016
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Crisis Text Line Just Raised $23.8 Million in GrantsCrisis Text Line, a free, around the clock text-messaging support line for people in crisis, is getting a massive new round of grants from notable…Jun 2016