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		<title>Tell Me, What is the Greatest Common Factor?</title>
		<link>http://www.jolkona.org/blog/?p=730</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:39:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Piya</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Piya]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hello from India! These past few weeks have flown by and I am finally beginning to feel somewhat settled here in the bustling, ever-vibrant city of Hyderabad. My first official duty included site visits out to five of the six schools that the Rural Development Foundation (RDF) operates. This was my first ever in-depth taste [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank You for Making a Huge Impact in Pakistan!</title>
		<link>http://www.jolkona.org/blog/?p=735</link>
		<comments>http://www.jolkona.org/blog/?p=735#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nadia</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Empowerment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[From the Field]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Impact]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jolkona Foundation]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[BRAC]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[disaster relief]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[floods]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[transparency]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to the generous support of the Jolkona community, we have raised almost $4,000 for our partner, Barakat, to help families displaced by the floods in Pakistan! As a result of your donations, the 70-75 households that took shelter in Attock, Punjab have all been taken care of. We’re excited to announce that this project [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poverty and the Information Highway</title>
		<link>http://www.jolkona.org/blog/?p=721</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taylor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Cultural Identity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Empowerment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[From the Field]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Guest Blogger]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jolkona Foundation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Partners]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Reflections]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bangladesh]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BRAC]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[development economics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Targetting the Ultra Poor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Taylor Corbett]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Within 30 seconds of reading this you can get a seven-day weather forecast for Rio de Janeiro, Delhi, or Tokyo. You can learn how vaccinations work, get instructions on how to construct a pig pen, and even learn the definition of poverty… in Japanese. The point being, we live in an information rich world. With [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Haiti to Pakistan - Track Your Disaster Donations Better!</title>
		<link>http://www.jolkona.org/blog/?p=712</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adnan</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Jolkona Foundation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Partners]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Reflections]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[floods]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[transparency]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When the earthquake struck Haiti back in January, the world opened its wallets and generously supported the Haitians with over 1 billion dollars in donations. According to this recent article in the Chronicle of Philanthropy, much of the  $1.3 billion remains unused. The article sites the specific example of American Red Cross who has only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business, Philanthropy &#038; Technology: Building Communities Around Causes</title>
		<link>http://www.jolkona.org/blog/?p=702</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tysen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Partners]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Reflections]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Josh Dirks]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Social Creature Media]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tysen]]></category>

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Recently I sat down with Josh Dirks, the founder of Social Creature Media and the sponsor of Jolkona’s Meet-up, to discuss the relationships between business, social media, and what motivates start-up companies like his to get involved with philanthropy. As leader of an organization dedicated to harnessing the power of social media and putting it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Reunited and it feels so good…’</title>
		<link>http://www.jolkona.org/blog/?p=684</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Piya</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hyderabad]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[NGO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Piya]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Rural Development Foundation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[second-generation Indians]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Somehow, the lyrics to the old Peaches and Herb classic ‘Reunited’ are on repeat in my head as I finish clean-up from my goodbye party here in Seattle. I’ve been home for about two months from my latest bout of career adventures in Toronto, Canada and although it’s been nice to unwind and reunite with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taylor in Bangladesh: What are you doing here?</title>
		<link>http://www.jolkona.org/blog/?p=661</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taylor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Cultural Identity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Empowerment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Guest Blogger]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Partners]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Reflections]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bangladesh]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BRAC]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Greg Mortenson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[internship]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nicholas Kristof]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nick Kristof]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Targetting the Ultra Poor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Taylor Corbett]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Taylor Corbett is a student at Occidental College in Los Angeles, CA, pursuing a double major in Economics and Diplomacy and World Affairs. This post is part of a series he wrote as part of an internship with BRAC&#8217;s Targeting the Ultra-poor program in Bangladesh.
 

As an American student in Bangladesh I have quickly learned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What’s One Thing You Hope for When Hosting an Event?</title>
		<link>http://www.jolkona.org/blog/?p=633</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jolkona Foundation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Partners]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Reflections]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jolkona team]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Meet-up]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pepsi Refresh]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Photos]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Seattle]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Seattle 2.0]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Whoa, May was an incredible month in the life of Jolkona. We were a nominated for Best Startup Nonprofit in the Seattle 2.0 Awards, our “Kids Give Back” idea was in the Pepsi Refresh Contest, and we hosted our first event, the Jolkona Meet-up.
Thank you for your votes: Seattle 2.0 Awards &#38; Pepsi Refresh Contest
We’d [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Final Word on CGIU 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.jolkona.org/blog/?p=622</link>
		<comments>http://www.jolkona.org/blog/?p=622#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 18:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adnan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Reflections]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Adnan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[CGIU]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Clinton]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jolkona team]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
I had the opportunity to attend the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU) Conference in Miami. This conference was launched by President Clinton in 2007 to engage the next generation of leaders on college campuses around the world. This year I was humbled to be one of 70 non-profit representatives working with youth to be invited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;re a Finalist for the Seattle 2.0 Awards!</title>
		<link>http://www.jolkona.org/blog/?p=607</link>
		<comments>http://www.jolkona.org/blog/?p=607#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 23:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Jolkona Foundation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Award]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[community]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Seattle 2.0]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Vote]]></category>

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Last month, Seattle 2.0 announced the finalists for the second-annual Seattle 2.0 Awards, the premier tech awards that honor and celebrate “the best of the best” from the tech startup scene in Seattle. One of the categories this year is Best Nonprofit Startup, set out to recognize the startup has done the most to apply [...]]]></description>
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