Stand Up for Education for Girls in Vulnerable Settings

By Melissa Hillebrenner Kilby on August 31, 2016

I often think about Namda, a refugee teen I met when I traveled to Ethiopia. She was an incredible force …

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A Farmer, an Educator, and a Doctor: 3 Forces of Change in Uganda

By Seema Jalan on August 30, 2016

Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to visit Uganda to learn about how the country is providing reproductive health …

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The Innovative Spirit among Refugees and Entrepreneurs

By Ashish J. Thakkar on August 25, 2016

Over several days in mid-August, members of the United Nations Foundation’s Global Entrepreneurs Council (GEC) had the extraordinary opportunity to …

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A 101 on the Global Fund Replenishment

By Elizabeth Ivanovich on August 23, 2016

In one month, on September 16, world leaders will come together in Montreal, Canada to replenish the Global Fund to …

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Empowering Young People to Live the Lives They Choose

By Robyn Russell on August 22, 2016

The largest generation of young people the world has ever seen – 1.8 billion youth – has vast potential. Yet, …

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Ordinary People Enduring Extraordinary Hardship

By Susan Myers on August 18, 2016

As the world marks World Humanitarian Day on August 19, I am thinking about the mother I met in Amman, …

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Helping the World’s Most Vulnerable Whenever and Wherever Crisis Strikes: A Q&A with the Head of CERF

By Jenni Lee on August 16, 2016

Right now, millions of families around the world have been devastated by conflict and disaster and are in need of …

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Reintegrating Child Soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo

By Peter Yeo on August 15, 2016

Beaten-up guns lining the wall greeted us as we entered the Munigi child solder demobilization camp in Goma, Democratic Republic …

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Why We Must Reach Every Last Child

By Kate Dodson on August 12, 2016

Today, on what would have marked two years without a single reported case of wild polio virus on the continent …

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3 Essential Issues to Empower Women and End Poverty

By Hannah Smalley on August 11, 2016

The adoption last year of the Sustainable Development Goals has created new momentum around the value and importance of empowering …

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