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It’s World Teachers’ Day!
“Take a stand for teachers!” is the slogan of World Teachers’ Day 2012 today, which UNESCO celebrates with its partners, the International Labour Organization, UNDP, UNICEF and Education International…
Read MoreSpotlight on Tanzanian Mother and Baby on Child Health…
In the past, if a family member needed healthcare, Theresia John Kombe of Pangara, Tanzania, had to sell one of her chickens to pay for it. But as a coffee grower with the Kilimanjaro Native Cooperative…
Read MoreWhat We’re Watching: Documentary Half the Sky: Turning…
We’re tuning in tonight to PBS to watch the long-awaited documentary, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. (Airing in two parts, tonight and tomorrow, October 1 and…
Read MoreWhat We’re Pinning: Dedication to Education
Seventy percent of the 130 million children around the world who are not in school are girls. But with more education, girls marry later and have fewer children, the country’s economy improves and government…
Read MoreGet Revved Up! It’s National Coffee Day
Today is National Coffee Day in the U.S. and as baristas around the country hand out free cups of joe, we wanted to share with you the faces of some of the people who grow the stuff that fuels our busy…
Read MoreNonprofits Stay Classy at Weekend in San Diego
The CLASSY Awards, in San Diego last weekend, were all about partnership. I was there representing Opportunity International and joined by YAO – San Diego co-chair Mari Gottlieb as Opportunity’s Mother’s…
Read MoreClinton Global Initiative 2012: Momentum on Women’s…
The Clinton Global Initiative annual 2012 meeting wrapped up this past Tuesday. This year’s theme, Designing for Impact, provided a three-day podium for today’s leading ideas intent on creating more…
Read MoreWhat We’re Pinning: Today, a Message of Understanding…
Today, in honor of the UN International Day of Peace, we’ve created “Pins for Peace,” promoting messages of non-violence, understanding and compassion. Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said,…
Read MoreMicrofinance Leaders Launch Global Appeal For Responsible…
Washington, D.C./Paris, September 20, 2012 – Microfinance leaders today unveiled the “Global Appeal for Responsible Microfinance,” a landmark document urging all microfinance stakeholders to take…
Read MoreLend Your Voice to The Global Appeal for Responsible…
The following post was originally published on the Center for Financial Inclusion blog by Meghan Greene, Manager of the Microfinance CEO Working Group, the Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion. Today,…
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