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You know your donation went into the right hands when they return it saying they’ve got enough funds to run with the campaign for now. Read more

We’re closing in fast on the holiday season! This time of year also happens to coincide with a lot of birthdays of friends and family. This year I’ve been trying to look beyond the usual … Read more

StartuParty is a tech entrepreneur meetup, Italian style. It’s a mixture of silicon valley pitch events, a techno dance party, and a garden mixer all in one night, under one roof. Italians love to mingle and socialize around their passions, so it’s not a shock that the StartuParty pitch sessions (5 minutes for 5 pitches/event) had travel apps, collaborative games, and social network ideas.
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SelflessTee is a startup selling t-shirts that do more than look great — they change lives. When you buy from SelflessTee you not only get a hip looking wear but through your purchase of that t-shirt you also support an important cause. Read more

It was a star-studded affair, with speakers including former model, Christy Turlington Burns, actress Geena Davis, Lance Armstrong, singer Mandi Moore, and even a surprise appearance by Richard Gere. What do we all have in common? A commitment towards social causes and an interest in new technologies Read more

AdvertActivist.com is a crowd funding platform that helps fund advertising campaigns that carry a positive social message.
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RRI takes riders on horseback through remote regions of India and Turkey, providing much needed relief and medical assistance to villages along the route. Read more

The Ugly Indian and The Better India are two incredibly great initiatives, targeted at invoking and engaging Indians to build a better India however the approaches they use are very different and interesting. Read more

Ecomodo is an online marketplace that makes it easy for you to lend and borrow each others everyday objects, skills and spaces. Read more

Childline, India’s first free, emergency helpline for children in need of care and protection turned 15 on June 20, 2011. What started as a simple helpline for street kids to call when in trouble in Mumbai has now expanded to 150 plus locations, across 26 states of India including the far south Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Childline processes over 2.5 million calls annually. Read more

How great would it be to have someone to tell you how awesome you are all the time? Time and again we all need some empathy or just someone to talk to – well how about some free empathy from strangers?

Zachary Burt (ZB) is up to something great on the internet. He founded two unique websites – Awesomeness Reminders and CompassionPit, both of which are doing amazingly well. Each of these sites allow anonymous people to engage in listening and sharing something that makes their days just a little bit better. Read more

This past weekend group of designers and hackers gathered at Change.org’s San Francisco headquarters to participate in a 24 hours hackathon, called HackforChange. A 100 passionate people put aside their weekend to create 17 world changing apps. The event was not about building the next Fortune 500 company, but rather about creating socially innovative apps that can help make the world a better place. Team GoodNeighbor won the event, and received the 5K USD prize money, with Anonymouse and Findmeapet, taking second and third place. Team Alerter received a honorable mention.
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