RPCV’S Open Grassroots Development Organization with Fundraiser QUEENS, NY- The formal launch of Friends & RPCVs of Guyana, (http://guyfrog.org) will be held on Friday, July 13th at 7:00 pm to Midnight. The fundraiser will be hosted at Liberty Express Restaurant & Bar, 120-12 Liberty Ave, South Richmond Hill, Queens, NY. A raffle will be held [...]
With all the content your forward thinking non-profit is producing and maintaining, it’s odd that you wouldn’t consider self-publishing. The technology has been around for a few years and at this point, it’s almost effortless to publish something really worth reading. From your Twitter micro-content, Facebook social timeline, to your blogs, Flickr photos and God [...]
During my years in Peace Corps, funding for my biggest projects never came from Peace Corps itself or through the PEPFAR program. For the length of time involved in developing momentum and community enthusiasm toward a project, funding via either of those routes was cumbersome. I had neither the time nor the patience to work within that [...]
A commenter on Guy Kawasaki’s blog made a good point about non-profits trying to work from the same funding pie. Non-profits continue to emerge and grow while the pie stays relatively constant. We will have to cut into the larger and more established non-profits funding streams though this isn’t quite the Herculean task that it [...]
NOTE: Looking for developers to volunteer time on a Ning project for us, anyone out there good with php and have some free time? In the past, organizations just about had to physically meet on a regular basis in order for most of the heavy lifting to be accomplished and for the start-ups to get [...]
The theory behind micro-lending is similar to the “teach a man to fish” analogy. Instead of directly handing out aid to developing nations, micro-lending finances sustainable projects through small loans. In theory, these loans will enable entrepreneurs to end their own poverty as well as develop the local economy. Kiva.org, a socially progressive start-up, focuses [...]
I made and ordered this shirt for about $20 from Reactee. It’s not the most catchy phrase but it’s a fun concept. Basically, you set a slogan and a keyword to text to the included number, our keyword being FROG, naturally. When someone sees this shirt and texts the phrase (and whatever else they want [...]
Right now I have GUY 10 through GUY 14, if you have pictures or video from before or after please send them my way. I want to provide you with the ability to do fun things with these photos, like videos, photo albums, posters, print pictures. Help a man out here.
Peter Moore, a friend to many Guyanese and RPCVs, was kidnapped in Iraq earlier this week. Peter worked with Guyana Geology and Mines Commission from about GUY 11 to GUY 14. For more information, check out ABC News. Please keep Peter in your thoughts and prayers. The other big item was that a terrorist cell [...]
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