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New starfish site is now live!
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Posted 3 days, 1 hour ago, updated 3 hours, 21 minutes ago
It took more time than we had hoped, but we have finally pushed our new version of Starfishcommunity.net. Thank you to everyone who helped with their feedback and continued support on this project.
This site is no longer in Beta!
New features added in this release:
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Capturing Stories at the Starfish Community EXPO
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If you have some story of a collaboration or networking that you would like to share with the community, please contact me. If you are at the EXPO, we'll have one plan. If you are unable to make the EXPO, please contact me anyway.
Thanks!
Matt Wallace
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Disasters in Brazil
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Posted 3 weeks, 6 days ago, updated 7 hours, 15 minutes ago
Friends,
I received two emails from Margaretha Adiwardana ( meiske@terra.com.br ), our IDR partner in Brazil (please see excerpts below). Any help and support that anyone can provided will be much appreciated:
We are really overloaded now with things to do, it is like two disasters at the same ...
Disaster Relief Training in Triangle, Virginia July 26-30, 2010
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Crisis Response International (CRI) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization that resources, trains and mobilizes volunteers, churches and other organizations to respond to disasters and other compassion initiatives in the United States and world-wide.
Disaster Relief Training | Triangle, VA – July 26–30, 2010
The event includes equipping in
2010 Starfish Community Expo
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Posted 4 months, 1 week ago, updated 1 week ago
Please put the 2010 Starfish Community Expo on your calendar! The event will be:
September 16-18, 2010
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
Many of you were at the first Expo in October 2009, and I think it was a really productive time of sharing good ideas and making key connections ...
SFC.net 2.0
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We are all very excited about the new improvements being made to the starfishcommunity.net website.
SFC.net 2.0 will be launched very soon and will include:
-New Graphics, customized homepage, and an upgraded style
-New Search Tool with the ability to search threads and posts by keyword
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Focused Networking
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Yazi was one of the participants at the 2009 Starfish Community Expo who traveled a significant distance to be a part of the Expo. In this clip, he talks about how inspiring it is to connect with others who are doing the same kind of community development.
Yazi's impressions ...
Asset-based community development resources?
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Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago, updated 2 weeks, 1 day ago
I'm wondering if anyone can point me to some good materials and tools (preferably online, but other suggestions welcome too) related to the asset-based community development (ABCD) model. I'm PARTICULARLY wanting materials and resources in French. But I'll take good materials in English and translate them if ...
Refugee Crisis in Uzbekistan
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I received an email today from one of our partners in Uzbekistan. They are responding to the needs of the many thousands of refugees who are flooding over the border from Kyrgyzstan. If anyone is interested in helping with this response, please contact me. Tom Love tlove@hisg.org
Starfish Expo - North Africa Breakout Session
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Posted 9 months ago, updated 1 month, 1 week ago
Norm Brinkley - Session Leader
Subject Matter Experts on North African Region
Yazi
Karen Boyle
Norm Brinkley
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Water Dams that were created long ago are causing problems with the natural flow of water. Less than 7% of the people in Niger drink clean water and less than 5% have electricity ...
