Jacqueline Novogratz: Tackling poverty with “patient capita

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http://www.ted.com – Jacqueline Novogratz is pioneering new ways of tackling poverty. In her view, traditional charity rarely delivers lasting results. Her solution, outlined here through a series of revealing personal stories, is “patient capital”: support for “bottom of the pyramid” businesses which the commercial market alone couldn’t provide. The result: sustainable jobs, goods, services — and dignity — for the world’s poorest.

FIFA anthem

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The “FIFA anthem”, a melody played on the beginning of football matches under FIFA system.
Note: many football confederations adopt other melodies.

Seattle Area Googlers Unite to End Homelessness

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On June 16-17, Seattle Area Googlers got together to volunteer at the annual Fremont Fair, along with ‘Unite to End Homelessness’, a local non-profit organization. Googlers from the Kirkland and Seattle offices helped build a house for the Habitat for Humanity organization over the course of 2 days.

Chris Abani on the stories of Africa

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http://www.ted.com Chris Abani tells stories of people: People standing up to soldiers. People being compassionate. People being human and reclaiming their humanity. It’s “ubuntu,” he says: the only way for me to be human is for you to reflect my humanity back at me.

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