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'Half The Sky' With Nicholas Kristof: A Morally Persuasive Call to Action

Dr. Alex Benzer | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Microlending, Economic Development, Sex Trafficking, Maternal Health, Somaly Mam, Happiness, Sheryl WuDunn, Microsavings, Education, Half the Sky, Oppression of Women, Grameen Bank, Slavery, Nicholas Kristof, Meaningful Work, Childbirth, Alex Benzer, Women's Rights, Living News
Dr. Alex Benzer

In their lucid and levelheaded way, Kristof and WuDunn build a powerful moral case for fostering economic progress in the developing world by unleashing the potential of women.

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Are Microloans Poverty's Quick Fix?

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 10.22.2009 | Impact

Read More: Microloans, How to Help, Donations, Charity, Kiva, Slate, Microlending, Lend, Impact News

This week, Slate posted an earnest Q & A about the interest rates that Kiva and other microlending sites charge to help alleviate poverty around the w...

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Micro-Giving: A New Era in Fundraising

John Borthwick and Kenneth Lerer | Posted 01.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Microloans, Twitter, Charity, Betaworks, Lending, Microlending, Micro-Giving, Microgiving, Donations, Holiday Season Commentary, Living News
John Borthwick and Kenneth Lerer

Micro-lending has changed lives. Now a wave of friends and "loose ties" within the social media community are bringing the micro-lending concept and applying it to charitable giving. Call it "Micro-giving."

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Buy Me A Drink? I'll Take A Charitini

Rachel Sklar | Posted 01.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Bob Woodruff Family Fund, Habitat for Humanity, Donorschoose, Foundation Rwanda, The Giving Life, Charitini, Obama Fundraising, Charity, Obama Donations, Twitter, Microlending, Micro-Giving, Microgiving, Donations, Micro-Lending, Microfinance, Living News
Rachel Sklar

Tonight, I've planned a birthday party with a twist: Instead of plying me with drinks 'til I'm wobbly, I've invited friends and colleagues to donate the equivalent sum to some of my favorite charities.

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Poverty in America: The Problems and Solutions

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 11.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Yunus, Poverty, Check Cashing, Louisiana, Microlending, Nobel, Payday Loans, Obama, Mccain, Western Union, Rural, Teen Moms, Bush, Education, Clinton, South, Palin, Public Transportation, Communities, Shreveport, Economy, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

We need to make communities strong again. Our local money does not need to be mixed in with some guy's hedge fund abstract tranche of nothing all to make a fee for some banker in New York.

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Intelligent Giving

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Microloans, Hanukkah, Co-Op America, Holiday Season, The Social Investment Forum Foundation, Donating to Charity, Changemaker Programs, Ashoka, Premal Shah, Charities, Socially Responsible Funds, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Christmas, Microlending, Giving, Social Entrepreunership, Bill Drayton, The Giving Life, Living News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Teaching one's children early on about giving intelligently is at least as important as what one learns at school. Social Entrepreneurship programs around the world have helped create a snow-ball effect.

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