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How (and why) Africa should solve its own problemsAfrica cannot rely on outside people to come and feed our poor or treat our sick, says African businessman and philanthropist Mo Ibrahim. The key is good governance, in both the public and private sectors.
Bringing home the blues, connecting kids to a proud heritageThe Alabama Blues Project takes blues music to schoolchildren who may not know that it’s part of their own history.
Afghan women write powerful poetry – even amid warThe Afghan Women’s Writing Project collects oral stories from illiterate Afghan women and promotes political writing by women in digital, print, and radio forms.
Online course lets students give money awayThe Giving With Purpose online course lets people give away money from the sister of billionaire Warren Buffett while learning strategies from him and others that they can use to make sure their own donations are effective.
Obama, George H.W. Bush celebrate the 5,000th 'point of light'Mr. Obama will ask federal agencies how they can make better use of volunteers. 'We are a people that serve,' he says while paying 'tribute to the extraordinary example set by President Bush.'
In a Mexican border town, a friend in the fight against AIDSRosember López Samayoa helps those in Chiapas, Mexico, who bear a double stigma: migrants who also are LGBT.
Operation Jersey Shore Vacation offers an oceanside respite to US military familiesA tiny New Jersey charity provides a place for military families to vacation along with gift cards for groceries, free meals, and island outings.
Reduce, reuse, recycle – and repair: New York's Pop-Up Repair shopNew York City’s Pop-Up Repair shop was an experiment aimed at learning how break the cycle of use-and-discard goods.
Planting mangrove trees pays off for coastal communities in KenyaMembers of the Dabaso Creek Conservation Group have planted an estimated 10 million mangrove trees. The forests, in turn, have provided for the community, bringing in birders and other tourists and becoming a habitat for crabs and fish to harvest.
Cleaning up the global aquarium tradeAbout 30 million fish and other creatures are caught annually to supply the home aquarium market, taking a toll on some reef ecosystems. But conservationists are working to improve the industry by ending destructive practices and encouraging aquaculture.
New generation activists build bridgesA traditional organizing approach makes opponents into 'enemies,' but a new crop of union and other activists is using love and empathy to create alliances and new possibilities.
Marga Fripp empowers women immigrants in the USHer group Empowered Women International gives a voice to the Washington D.C. area’s immigrant and refugee women, enabling them to pursue their dreams of becoming a part of their new community.
Bank Andara, a bank for banks in Indonesia, grows micro businesses – and turns a profitBank Andara has partnered with 737 microfinance institutions in Indonesia, reaching nearly 1.2 million low-income clients with ‘one stop’ shopping for all their banking needs.
Solar kits bring clean light to Kenya's poorBuyers make payments securely from home using their mobile phones, which also can be kept charged with the solar kit.
How better-trained farmers slow Brazil's deforestationImazon helps farmers formalize their land titles and trains them in improved farming techniques, like rotating crops and limiting overgrazing, to make their land more productive and reduce the need to cut down more rainforest.
Christine's Hope for Kids gives kids a chance to be kidsThe nonprofit group Christine's Hope for Kids has given more than $300,000 in donations and in-kind support to groups in New Jersey and across the country that work with children.
Double win for Haiti: human waste into valuable fertilizerThe social enterprise SOIL provides clean facilities for families in Haiti while also supplying a local source of fertilizer to sorghum farmers.
'Push-Pull' strategy helps end hunger and poverty for farmers in sub-Saharan AfricaPush-Pull techniques help African farmers increase productivity, strengthen soils, and protect staple foods from pests – all without expensive chemical fertilizers or pesticides.
Food hub links local produce with local buyersNashville Grown, a new food hub in Nashville, Tenn., is a model for making local food accessible beyond farmers markets.
In Cambodia, kids breakdance toward better futuresAt Tiny Toones, a nonprofit group in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, youths learn to breakdance, as well as how to pursue goals beyond their limited circumstances.
