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Eight Boys Rescued by Child Rescue Nepal

Committed to the Battle Against Child Labor & Trafficking: Eight Boys Rescued in Nepal by Emily Bild, Regional Development Manager India/Nepal For the past three years, GoPhilanthropic has been actively devoted to the global fight against human trafficking and child labor. In 2017 we solidified our partnership with Child Rescue Nepal,…...

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GoPhil Returns to the Magical Country of Guatemala

GoPhil Travel’s Second Journey to Guatemala by Linda DeWolf, Co-Founder & Christina Bruce, Guatemala Program Manager April 26, 2018 We arrive in Guatemala in the early evening with a soft rain falling and thought “has it only been 9 months since we were last here?” Everything is still so familiar……...

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Up Close and Personal in India - Update from the field

by Emily Bild, GoPhil Regional Program Manager India/Nepal GoPhil recently hosted an enormously successful and inspiring Journey to India, where we were able to ‘listen and learn’ - and ask many, many questions! - to our Indian partner NGOs, all doing incredible work in human rights and education. The trip was…...

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Demystifying Philanthropic Travel

by GoPhil Co-Founder, Lydia Dean, Author of Jumping the Picket Fence: A Woman’s Journey from the Suburbs to the Slums “I would like to do more on my next trip. I want to do something that matters. I want to give back.“ This is a common sentiment capturing an ever-expanding…...

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Funding Clean Water for Families at ASSADE Guatemala

More than 28% of children who attend ASSADE suffer from acute gastrointestinal conditions and one primary cause is water-borne disease. In ASSADE’s town of San Andrés Itzapa, the water for consumption does not receive any kind of treatment to make it potable. Ecological filters are an excellent solution for treating…...

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Equal Community Foundation (ECF) • New Partner Program in India

by Emily Bild, GoPhilanthropic Regional Development Manager, India/Nepal A Program that Supports Men and Boys: The Key to Gender Equality? The model at Equal Community Foundation (ECF) in Pune, South India, is very simple yet highly effective — target adolescent boys and train them to become advocates for gender equality…...

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Aula Mágica Preschool Program Making Big Moves in Guatemala Education

In the past year GoPhil provided Aula Mágica with their first pilot grant. We are amazed to see the expansion of their preschool program in such a short time and the following results show what a small program - fueled with passion, motivation and dedicated people - can do with…...

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GoPhil “Must Read” for 2018!

“When you let go of trying to get more of what you don’t really need, it frees up oceans of energy to make a difference with what you have. When you make a difference with what you have, it expands.” - Lynne Twist On my recent trip to Asia I…...

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Journeys of the Heart: Strengthening a Partnership

Following recent GoPhil Hub Gatherings in Santa Fe & Denver, guest speakers Bruce Logan & Elaine Head shared their experience on their blog, Journeys of the Heart. “Through the research for Bruce’s book, Finding Lien, and the networking with NGOs in SE Asia, we have learned much about the woeful…...

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A January Journey to Cambodia

A first-hand account of on-site visits with GoPhil partner programs in Siem Reap. 12 January, 2018 - Siem Reap, Cambodia I open the door to my balcony at roughly 6am and am greeted by a surprisingly cool air for what I’ve come to know over the last week as a…...

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