This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Ella Fontanals-Cisneros has been contributing to a humanitarian vision and environmentally conscious perspectives of the world since she was a teenager. Her father died shortly after she fled with her…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There has been a growing amount of focus lately on the use of personal data by charities. A number of organisations here in the UK were censured for breaches of…
If you could do one thing – the most important thing – to influence the life of a young child, what would that be (it’s likely not what you first…
As CEO, Tammy Tibbetts oversees business and fundraising, communications and PR, and brand partnerships for She’s the First, which provides scholarships to girls in low-income countries with the goal of…
The scale of the global refugee crisis has ratcheted up the pressure on governments and their international partners to find sustainable avenues for protection of the displaced. Successive international conferences,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At Fast Forward, we merge the skill sets and networks of the tech and nonprofit worlds to be that support system. We provide capital, training, and mentorship to entrepreneurs who…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This Year’s World Child Labor Day quietly came and went. Child labor fell by one-third between 2000 and 2012. But about 1 in 10 children worldwide, or 168 million…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In honor of International Youth Day on Aug. 12, a group of young refugees publicly launched the first two editions of Ritsona Kingdom Journal, a magazine in which they express themselves…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the United States, violence and mass incarceration are deeply entwined, though evidence shows that both can decrease at the same time. A new vision is needed to meaningfully address…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I ran into Peter Singer recently – or at least we smiled at each other as our paths crossed in a beachside car park. Although we have friends in common,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Ensuring every child has access to education is “the civil rights struggle of our time,” according to former United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown. “This is the civil rights struggle…
If you’re lucky enough to live without want, it’s a natural impulse to be altruistic to others. UNICEF reports that in 2011, 6.9 million children under five died from preventable,…