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No Aid for Syrian Refugee Survivors of Rape

Helen Ouyang | Posted 05.06.2013 | World
Helen Ouyang

International aid money and donor priorities need specifically to allocate resources to target sexual violence, instead of camouflaging it under other programs or outright ignoring it.

Time for a Humanitarian Solution to Iran Sanctions

Jamal Abdi | Posted 04.22.2013 | World
Jamal Abdi

In the past week, Iran has been struck by two earthquakes that have killed dozens of people and leveled hundreds of homes. And because of the political standoff with Iran's government, Americans are largely unable to provide any help.

Failure Rising: Stories We Learn From

Anya Cherneff | Posted 04.17.2013 | Impact
Anya Cherneff

Like most difficult undertakings, the field of International Development is rife with failure. Sites like Admitting Failure and events like FailFaireDC 2012 have attempted to bring together stories of projects gone wrong.

My Miserable Week in North Korea as a VIP Guest

Richard Walden | Posted 04.04.2013 | World
Richard Walden

After more than 30 years of humanitarian aid operations in some of the world's most dangerous and/or autocratically-run places, I felt that it was at least worth a try to see what access an international NGO could have to people in need.

The Promise of a Plant in the Fight Against Malaria

Crystal Wells | Posted 05.13.2013 | Impact
Crystal Wells

Dora Joseph, 31, is raising four children in a tin-roofed, two-room house nestled in the remote green hills of northwestern Tanzania. Her eyes are tired and dampened with worry.

How the Internet Mobilizes People and Movements

Nancy Gofus | Posted 05.08.2013 | Impact
Nancy Gofus

Because .ORG is open to individuals, companies and organizations of all kinds, registering for a .ORG domain is less about who you are, and more about what you do. What .ORGs do, most of all, is bring people together online in support of a common cause.

Embodying a New Era: Models for NGOs in the 21st Century

Tim Lehmann | Posted 05.06.2013 | Impact
Tim Lehmann

Today's era is unique in its trend of disruptive technologies, new tools-driven objectives of single purpose ventures, and emerging social movements. These are the trends to which NGOs need to develop a response.

Predicted Decline in Charitable Giving Could Have Devastating Consequences for Children

Anne Goddard | Posted 04.23.2013 | Impact
Anne Goddard

Our government may have averted sending us over the fiscal cliff, but the precipitous fall facing these children could be even more devastating. Rest assured that we will be working hard to see that it does not happen.

Nursing Transparency in Former Soviet Republics

Kenneth F. Bunting | Posted 03.04.2013 | World
Kenneth F. Bunting

In this email response to the director of a freedom of information NGO in the Republic of Georgia, Giorgi Kldiashvili, civic-minded and engaged Americans may see little that is new to them. But, perhaps, it will serve as a reminder about the derivation of some of our precious freedoms.

Building Rural Libraries Close to Heaven

Adam Pervez | Posted 02.12.2013 | Impact
Adam Pervez

How do you bring the world to a remote Andean village? More than the world, how do you give kids in your birth village access to knowledge beyond the school curriculum and local folklore?

Hats Off to the Aid Workers

Janice Kamenir-Reznik | Posted 02.09.2013 | Impact
Janice Kamenir-Reznik

It is these workers who not only breathe life back into the bereft genocide survivor, but who also help that survivor re-ignite her own spark.

Move Over, China and India -- Meet the Third Billion

Leslie Hendry | Posted 01.30.2013 | Impact
Leslie Hendry

When women are successful it can be universally felt. No country or border changes the way a woman feels about caring for her children. When women band together under these objectives with the ability to earn a living, serious changes can take place.

A Thai Woman's Quest To Save The Asian Elephant

HUMANITY.TV | Posted 01.30.2013 | Travel
HUMANITY.TV

Lek Chailert fell in love with Thai elephants at five years old.

Corporate Partnerships: Breaking the Stereotypes

Matt Crook | Posted 01.12.2013 | Business
Matt Crook

What we associate with brands, regardless of whether we buy the products, is often negative because the for-profit world is stereotyped as greedy. But perhaps it's time to rethink the way we view these global corporate giants and their national equivalents.

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J.D. Lewis: 12K Race, 12 Months, 12 Countries

HuffingtonPost.com | Emma Diab | Posted 12.03.2012 | Impact

J.D. LEWIS FELT like a big loser. He was quite sure his two sons were going to think he was the worst dad in the world, and quite possibly in the ...

Back to School

Anne Goddard | Posted 11.18.2012 | Impact
Anne Goddard

Education lays the foundation from which dreams grow, and those dreams are no less ambitious for children in developing countries. But as is often the reality, those whose hopes are the highest will have the most challenging path toward achieving them.

Reactions to Uganda's Health Scare Should Ring True for Americans

Anne Goddard | Posted 11.07.2012 | Impact
Anne Goddard

While we should be able to relate to the fear that Ugandans are experiencing, what is difficult to imagine is confronting a potentially deadly disease with information about it so elusive.

From Antonovs to Frisbees

Margaret Aguirre | Posted 10.09.2012 | Impact
Margaret Aguirre

It almost makes you forget this is a refugee camp and its inhabitants have endured -- and will continue to endure -- a tremendous amount of suffering. How long will they remain here? No doubt years.

Opportunities to Support Marginalised Groups in Thailand Must Be Seized

Matt Crook | Posted 09.24.2012 | Impact
Matt Crook

As we near the 2015 target for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, there is a great need to ensure the rights of women and girls are at the forefront of the minds of everyone, from government to civil society.

Winners and Losers in the G-Zero World

Ian Bremmer | Posted 08.28.2012 | World
Ian Bremmer

Where are we seeing a growing role for states as actors in international politics and the global economy? A better question might be: where aren't we?

Why Fundraising Should Be About Creating a Culture of Giving

Weh Yeoh | Posted 08.25.2012 | Impact
Weh Yeoh

Realistically, pretty much all of us can afford to give just that little bit more. There isn't a limited and static pool of private donations that NGOs need to fight tooth and nail over.

Good News From Pakistan

Muqtedar Khan | Posted 08.13.2012 | World
Muqtedar Khan

Groups and individuals in Pakistan who struggle against great odds, with very limited resources, like CHEF International and Edhi Foundation, rarely receive the attention they deserve.

Bursting The Dot-Com Bubble: Time For A Dot-Ngo Boom

Brian Cute | Posted 07.31.2012 | Impact
Brian Cute

Now, at the risk of stating the obvious, NGO is a universal term -- and one more frequently used in other countries than "nonprofit" or just "organization." So when our team at PIR sat down to evaluate the infinite number of domain name options that could be useful, .NGO resonated.

One Day Without Shoes: Lessons From the Parking Lot

Anne Goddard | Posted 07.03.2012 | Impact
Anne Goddard

When asked to name the one thing they needed to make their lives better, many of the children in developing nations in our hemisphere confided that what they most wanted was the capacity to walk without exposing their bare feet to the elements. Pick anything, and they chose shoes.

Has Foreign Aid Hurt Haiti: An Interview with Mario Joseph

Dr. Tukufu Zuberi | Posted 06.06.2012 | Black Voices
Dr. Tukufu Zuberi

Mario Joseph is Haiti's most influential and respected human rights attorney. Since 1996, he has led the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (BAI) in Port-au-Prince, which uses prominent human rights cases and a victim-centered approach in the interest of the poor majority.