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Child and Women Protection Connections!

Kay Hiramine
94 Posts
0 Votes 0 Replies 153 Views
Posted 7 months ago
I have a friend who is coming from Libya who has a desire to volunteer for three months starting 8 AUGUST in DC at an NGO or group that will teach him how to help women and children in Libya! Do you have any connections??? Please reply.

orphanage best practices study

Clay Gillispie
2 Posts
0 Votes 4 Replies 443 Views
Posted 1 year, 4 months ago, updated 1 year, 3 months ago
I am beginning a study to develop an education model of best practices used in orphanages in Southern Sudan to complete my Master's program. I would love to hear from orphanages or organizations who would like to be a part of this study sharing best practices in education used

North Korea Trip Invite!! May 2011

Kay Hiramine
94 Posts
1 Vote 0 Replies 249 Views
Posted 1 year, 4 months ago
Hello everyone! I just returned from a great trip to North Korea with Tom Jennings! We went with a great NGO doing amazing aid work there, like feeding 10,000 kids a day! They also have a number of businesses there that are creating jobs for the people.

2010 Starfish Community Expo

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Kyle Adams
72 Posts
1 Vote 10 Replies 1533 Views
Posted 1 year, 10 months ago, updated 1 year, 4 months 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 ...

Private Sector Resources Catalog from DHS

Mark Sprenger
35 Posts
0 Votes 0 Replies 264 Views
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago
A new 52 page catalog has just been issued by the US Department of Homeland Security that lists the resources of the private sector in the United States. "The Private Sector Resources Catalog facilitates your organization's access to the resources you need to participate in the homeland security enterprise ...

Available for hire Helicopters/Planes for Haiti

TeamUSGI
1 Post
0 Votes 1 Reply 418 Views
Posted 2 years ago, updated 1 year, 12 months ago
The recent devastating earthquake in Haiti is a humanitarian crisis of epic proportions. The magnitude of this crisis is exacerbated by an enduring legacy of poverty, political instability, and an exceptionally poor infrastructure. All of these factors combine to make a normally difficult disaster recovery operation appear seemingly

Connecting Businesspeople with Business Opportunities

Randy Valentine
16 Posts
3 Votes 9 Replies 447 Views
Posted 2 years, 4 months ago, updated 2 years, 3 months ago
One of the things I'm tasked with at HISG is to connect business professionals with opportunities in our priority countries ... sustainable, holistic business opportunities. Tell me about your experiences -- either as a person giving assistance or as a person receiving assistance -- in this arena? In other words,

Private Sector Tags

Mike McCausland
54 Posts
0 Votes 2 Replies 233 Views
Posted 2 years, 4 months ago, updated 2 years, 4 months ago
All, Would it be good to also have a group of tags designating arenas within the Private Sector including: Business, NGO, Faith-Based, Civic, Academic? Also, would it be good to have a drop down menu of featured tags under Tag Your Post for when you Post New Topic?