FBB supporter brings e-readers to Ghanaian school

When Jeff Strang, an FBB supporter and donor, was a Peace Corps volunteer in Ghana in 1980-82, he met a fellow teacher, David Dogbe. “I lived next door to David and his lovely family of five,” says Strang. “I ate with them a lot; his wife, Judith, was an excellent cook.” Over the years, they’ve…

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A final look at our second-quarter beneficiaries

Before we say goodbye to our second-quarter beneficiaries, take another look at these great organizations and the work they’re doing to make the world a better place. Poverty and Health: 50 Cents. Period. Menstruation Matters was the rallying cry—and Twitter hashtag—for the first ever Menstrual Hygiene Day held on May 28, 2014, and 50 Cents.…

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Oh, the places they’ll go!

In order for poverty to be eradicated, communities to thrive, and global public health to be improved, universal literacy must be nurtured. To become literate, children need to practise reading. To practise reading, they need books. And to get books, they need a complex distributional and financial network sourcing age- and culture-appropriate books, paying for…

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Meet our beneficiaries for the second quarter

We hope you’re as excited as we are about our second-quarter 2014 beneficiaries, 50 Cents. Period, The Greening of Detroit, Worldreader, Leo Igwe Research Project, and Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty. Get to know them in our latest video. If you’d like to adjust your donation allocation, log in to your account and click…

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Introducing our second-quarter beneficiaries

Our new slate of beneficiaries for the second quarter of 2014 is a fantastic collection of organizations working to promote literacy in low-income countries, combat stigmas surrounding women’s health, nurture green spaces in an urban landscape, defend those falsely accused of witchcraft in Ghana, and staunchly defend the separation of church and state. Learn more…

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