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Help us connect all US schools with international communities by 2016 | Connect all Schools
I got a note today from iEARN crediting the short lived Exploring the Edge concept we trialled here with nudging this “big idea” of theirs towards completion.
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Charities Rush to Help Japan, With Little Direction – NYTimes.com
The Japanese Red Cross and other Japanese agencies say they don’t need donations. This reinforces GiveWell’s advice that donors support general disaster relief instead.
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Don’t donate money to Japan | Felix Salmon | Reuters.com
Reuters blogger Felix Salmon suggests that people donate to general disaster relief instead of to Japan (which is what GiveWell is saying as well) and he’s absolutely skewered by readers in the comments.
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Chen Guangbiao is becoming known as the “billionaire rogue philanthropist” of China. Now he’s handing out cash in Japan and trying to help with relief work.
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Bill Gates on Philanthropy: A How-To Guide for Techies – GeekWire
An interesting interview with Bill Gates. He says Buffett thinks philanthropy is too hard and that he used to worry that all the good ideas would be taken by the time he got into philanthropy.
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» Update on how to help Japan: no room for more funding. | The GiveWell Blog
GiveWell makes a compelling argument that donors who want to respond to the earthquake in Japan should NOT give to Japan. They recommend giving to Doctors Without Borders who are not raising money for Japan.
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Advice for Potential SIF Applicants
Carol Thomspon Cole of Venture Philanthropy Partners (which received a Social Innovation Fund grant in 2010) offers advice for those applying for a SIF grant this year.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.