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Computer science professor Shimon Schocken is an avid mountain biker. To share the life lessons he learned while riding, he began an outdoor programme with Israel’s juvenile inmates and was touched by both their intense difficulties and profound successes.
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In this uplifting talk, Katherine Fulton sketches the new future of philanthropy, one where collaboration and innovation allow regular people to do big things, even when money is scarce. Giving five practical examples of crowd-driven philanthropy, she calls for a new generation of citizen leaders.
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“Seeding Labs connect talented individuals to the tools they need to help themselves and their communities. They have always had, at its heart, a single core belief that scientists with a lot of resources have a responsibility to share them with their colleagues in the developing world. Seeding Labs is a non profit organisation that […]
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