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Medical Ship Docks in Sierra Leone for Free Surgeries and Training

NonProfit Quarterly

In August 2024, the Global Mercy, the world’s largest civilian hospital ship, docked at the port of Freetown for a 10-month field service to provide surgical operations and educational training by invitation of the government of Sierra Leone. Mercy Ships is not the only medical NGO that offers medical care by boat, but it is one the largest.

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The Double-Edged Sword of Health Innovations: Navigating the Intersection of Technology and Equity in Nigeria

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Dall-E by OpenAI Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s winter 2024 issue, Health Justice in the Digital Age: Can We Harness AI for Good? 7 The lack of robust data systems to track and manage the allocation and utilization of funds across healthcare centers led to inefficiencies and poor accountability.

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How Communities Around the World Are Connecting Social Isolation and Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

They can recognize patients may be at risk of social isolation, yet their role is often limited to filling a patient’s medical prescription. For example, in Brisbane, the intern manager of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia attached friendly handwritten notes to prescriptions delivered to isolated people during the Covid pandemic.

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Nonprofit Holiday Gift Guide

Nonprofit Megaphone

This holiday season, give back by shopping for unique gifts from nonprofit online stores. In this gift guide, you’ll find selections from nonprofits that you won’t see in regular shops. What’s more, your purchases from nonprofit shops will support the essential work of these organizations and the individuals they help year-round.

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A Primer for Incubating Child Care Businesses

NonProfit Quarterly

To date, through this incubator, 19 new businesses licensed for a total of 390 children have opened. It begins with identifying where there is a gap between the number of licensed childcare slots and the number of children under the age of five needing care, and then going into the community to find prospective entrepreneurs.

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Using ‘Purple Glasses’ to Achieve Gender Equity in Mexico

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Some years ago, we participated in an activity aimed at raising awareness of gender bias among hiring managers. Thirty people attended, including managers and members of an academic gender committee we were on. The majority of these students are women and the first in their families to access higher education.

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Organizing a Community Around Food Sovereignty

NonProfit Quarterly

I also come from a family of grocery workers and managers. When I was little, my dad managed a large local grocery. Another local leader is Danielle Guerin , who founded and leads a nonprofit called the Soul Food Project. It is co-governed, co-designed, and co-developed by people like Muhammad, Guerin, Triplett, and Lowry.

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