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Archive for March, 2008
Vote: NetSquared Mashup
Posted March 18th, 2008 by Leif Baradoy
The Numbers of Emotion
Posted March 9th, 2008 by Leif Baradoy
The team of newsletter writers put together a special newsletter for International Women’s Day. I understand that number don’t often do a good job of presenting a story that people can easily and emotionally connect with, however I wanted to relay the stats that the newsletter team found because they make me emotional. I’m simultaneously […]
Highlighting Women and Extreme Poverty
Posted March 9th, 2008 by Leif Baradoy
Written by Sara, a ChristmasFuture volunteer.
In honour of International Women’s Day on March 8th, it seems appropriate to highlight a few ChristmasFuture partner agencies projects focusing on women and extreme poverty. Looking into the issues around women and extreme poverty underlines the vital need to invest in women around the world.
When a woman is […]
International Women’s Day
Posted March 8th, 2008 by Leif Baradoy
To call attention to International Women’s Day (March 8), here are some thoughts about women and extreme poverty by one of ChristmasFuture’s volunteers, Brandie:
“When I think of extreme poverty, living on less then a dollar a day, I think of impoverished countries and rural people working hard every day just to eat and live. Even […]
ChristmasFuture Naming Contest
Posted March 6th, 2008 by Leif Baradoy
Following the success of our 2007 year, ChristmasFuture is excited to announce that in the summer of 2008 we will launch a year-round giving website. This site will display the same projects as our holiday-focused site, but will be more versatile, allowing people to refocus gifts for birthdays, weddings, and other events—all for the purpose […]
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