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Individual Profile
A Powerful Voice for Refugees: Emtithal Mahmoud, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
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An story of a former Sudanese refugee who thrived despite the odds. Emi is an inspiring spoken-word ('slam') poet who speaks about the plight of refugees across the world. ​​
Educational
When to Leverage Actual vs Perceived Value in Nonprofit Marketing Communications
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I've always been intrigued when to appeal to the head vs heart in marketing, so I researched and wrote about these contexts with the hope that it will help others.​
Organization Spotlight
Food Security, Women’s Empowerment, and Rural Sustainability
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A first hand account of the Sehgal Foundation's work deep in rural Haryana, India. Their programs are helping smallholder farming communities thrive through empowering, sustainable interventions.​​
Interview
Nirmala Chaudhary, Nepal Country Director, buildOn
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buildOn builds schools in rural areas across the globe and has several impressive and impactful programs that drive community empowerment and ownership. Nirmala talks about these programs in Nepal.​​
Issue Focus
The Methods our Members are Employing to Ensure Food Security
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Each month our organization highlighted its members regarding a global concern, typically tied to one or more SDGs, as a member benefit. In this article I researched members who work on SDG 2 and outlined their contextual interventions and innovations. ​
Organization Spotlight
Providence Global Programs
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Providence is best known for its 51 hospitals across the country. What is little known is how they incorporate mentorships, training, as well as employee volunteering in their international program. I was able to talk to their Director of Global Programs to learn more. ​
Educational
Why a Technology Assessment Will Benefit Your Organization
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Technology usage is paramount in today's nonprofit yet too many times we witness rapid adoption leading to convoluted systems and processes. This invariably results in lower efficiencies, less accuracy and at times loss of data, and higher costs. This article was written as a marketing and educational piece for prospective clients.​
Educational
Communications in Chaotic Times
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In February 2025, GlobalWA’s Communications Collective held a closed-door webinar for our members. As part of the registration, we asked key questions to provide us with insights into the main challenges our members were facing related to current executive orders to help us tune our discussion. We held an participatory 75-minute session and this article is a summary of the fears, ideas, and actionable items from the session.​​
Individual Profile
Ama Akuamoah, Director of Market Engagement, Digital Innovation Group, Opportunity International
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Technology, especially the use of AI in international settings is on the tip of many organizations minds. Ama talks about her background, her role, and most importantly about how Opportunity International has made great strides in tech to expand and create new programs and tools especially for economic empowerment and agriculture.​​
