Every Child Deserves a 5th Birthday And if you’re reading this, then you probably had a 5th birthday, too. Over 7 million children die every year before they turn 5, and most die from preventable causes. That’s what USAID wants to world to consider and rally together to end preventable child deaths, and to ensure [...]
Read MorePower of Storytelling: Meet Odile, Open Arms Shop Seamstress, Congolese Refugee
Upon going to the Open Arms Shop we discussed in an earlier post, we were told that some of the refugee women employed by the shop were willing to share their stories with Students of the World. Naturally, we jumped at the opportunity to capture something so inspiring and moving. Below is Odile’s story: Odile [...]
Read MoreEarth Day: How does media tell Earth’s story?
Earth Day was yesterday, and while some people spent it having picnics or planting trees, others were at rallies or watching documentaries about the collective experience on Earth. There are many angles to the importance of Earth Day, and thus many stories than can be told, which became an interesting idea to us. This Earth [...]
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Women + Refugees in a Triple Bottom Line Company: Open Arms Shop
I had the privilege of interviewing Leslie Beasley, one of the founders of The Open Arms Shop, a few weeks ago for Students of the World. I have known Leslie for a little over a year now through mutual friends but have not had the opportunity to come to her store, hear her story and [...]
Read MoreFashion Design That Empowers Women: Raven + Lily in Austin, TX
The world of fashion and design is very much visual and material. The colors of fabrics, the way clothes fit and feel. It can be glamorous, like the high-end designer clothes shown on the runways during New York Fashion Week. Or it can be the bear necessities of a white t-shirt and jeans. At Raven [...]
Read MoreNTC Day 2: It’s not you, it’s your story.
Why Fundraisers are Failing at Storytelling and What They Need to Change Last week we attended a session that connected storytelling and fundraising, something very near and dear to all nonprofits. This session was a great experience for us because, of course, we are a nonprofit, but especially because we tell stories of other nonprofits. [...]
Read MoreNTC Day 1: Google, Mobile Tech, & Databases
Today was our first day at the 2012 Nonprofit Tech Conference (NTC), and we’re excited to share what we’re learned. Google Lounge Loitering Before delving into the nitty-gritty of NTC sessions, we spent some quality time at the Google For Nonprofits lounge where we learned about how to best leverage the Google tools made available to [...]
Read MoreNonprofits + Technology at NTC 2012
Hello! This week we are blogging from San Francisco at the Nonprofit Technology Conference, which brings together hundreds of the most innovative minds in — can you guess it?– nonprofits + technology! We are incredibly grateful to our friends at Rally.org, who sponsored our attendance. (Thanks, guys!) Last night, Rally.org kicked off NTC 2012 by [...]
Read MoreQ & A: On Water + Girls Education in Northern Ghana
We recently got an email from Seidu Abdul-kudus, a business and accounting student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology in Ghana. What began as a simple inquiry about how to get involved with Students of the World, turned into quite the email exchange! He mentioned he was interested in SOW’s projects that [...]
Read MoreNational Team Journalist, Andrew Karim on #Kony2012
OF COURSE we were watching #Kony2012 When a social cause campaign spreads like wildfire across social media networks utilizing a documentary film that is racking up over 75 million views, you better know that we were watching, reading, and listening. On day two of the campaign, we asked our student teams about their thoughts on [...]
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