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Facebook Ditched The Red Cross For Hurricane Harvey Relief
Now, Facebook is routing its millions of users, and $1 million of its own money, to the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, which in 2015 had just $3 million in revenue. A message on Facebook feeds with a donate button said, "Show your support. Facebook has matched $1 million in donations to the Center for Disaster Philanthropy."
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- Investing
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- North America
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- nonprofits, philanthropy
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Michael and Susan Dell Foundation to Setup an Incubator in India
Talking about the incubator Rahil Rangwala, the Director for family economic stability at Michael and Susan Dell Foundation said, that the incubator will look at early-stage companies that offer financial inclusion, digital empowerment, job creation and services in other such impact areas.
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- Investing
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- South Asia
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Financial inclusion and the right to privacy
While Aadhaar promises to bring improvements in the delivery of services to poor people and under-served communities, it could also facilitate the collection of massive amounts of information, which would expose vulnerable consumers to privacy risks—competing factors that well-crafted legislation can address.
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- Uncategorized
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- South Asia
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OPINION: No matter what government says, coal is no longer India’s cheapest energy source
India now has nearly 200GW of coal. Further, the $4.6 billion estimate does not include other social costs (water pollution, deforestation, displacement, ash disposal etc.) To pass this off as an entire accounting of coal’s hidden costs is either shoddy or dishonest.
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- Energy
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- South Asia
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OPINION: Making the Case for Private Sector Engagement in the Fight Against Malaria
Malaria impacts businesses in a variety ways, including lost productivity from employees taking time off when they or their family members are ill, as well as greater expenditure on healthcare programs to treat employees. The results, though, are the same: decreases in a business’ profits.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Uganda’s clinicPesa helps people save money for healthcare
Ugandan startup clinicPesa is employing its micro-savings platform to help users set aside dedicated healthcare funds to tackle the lack of access to traditional health insurance.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The million-dollar social enterprise
Project Everest grew 1000 per cent last year and is on track to grow 250 per cent this year. In calendar 2016 the venture made $1 million in revenue.
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- Asia Pacific
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People Are Cooking With Human Poo — and That’s a Good Thing
In Kenya, the future of sanitation may entail turning human waste into fuel.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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