One Acre at a Time
One Acre Fund feeds the world’s poor by helping them feed themselves.
American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us by Robert D. Putnam & David E. Campbell
Guilt might move people not to relieve suffering, but to exacerbate it by rationalizing that the victims somehow deserve their plight.
In Rwanda, Radio La Benevolencija uses soap operas to heal ethnic tensions. Listeners who tune into a weekly show about feuding ethnic groups are more likely than non-listeners to stand up to authority and to voice their own opinions.
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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Sheryl WuDunn and Nicholas Kristof
The seven healthy habits of nonprofits most likely to survive the economic downturn.
The dual goals of scalability and sustainability have eluded many development projects. In recent years, however, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has reached out to corporations, nonprofits, and even private citizens to build alliances that are making large-scale, long-term change. In this article, the former head of USAID describes the public-private partnership model that his agency forged, the successes that the model has won, and the struggles that it continues to face.
Protestants' work ethic is a product of the denomination's emphasis on education.
With many in the community losing their savings in the Madoff scandal, Jewish philanthropies took a hard hit.