A couple of years back, the party was in Malawi, where three attempts to dig a well had all failed. I think nonprofits need to be more real. More genuine. Less formal. And, less afraid of being real and genuine. MORE

25, 2010, an evocative piece called “The Resurrection of the Dead” by Frantz Zephirin , The New Yorker will donate profits from print sales to Partners in Health , a charity based in Boston serving health care needs in Haiti, Malawi, Peru, Rwanda and elsewhere. MORE

Most of this simple thank-you video was filmed in advance, when one of our staff members was in Malawi in the summer. Cassia Burke. MORE

A diverse range of campaigns and projects were shortlisted for the Charity and Not for Profit Category of this year’s The Digitals Awards , including the WaterAid Big Dig campaign I worked on in Malawi last summer. MORE

Reduction of Childhood Malaria by Social Marketing of Insecticide-Treated Nets: A Case-Control Study of Effectiveness in Malawi - Don Mathanga et al. MORE

I am so excited to present to you my interview with Charlotte Beauvoisin, who writes Diary of a Munzungu , a UK citizen working in Uganda. Her blog has been featured on Lonely Planet since 2009. MORE

Here’s a post from Madalitso Masa, who, along with her husband works with about 100 families in Malawi in east Africa: “Many vaccinations took place this week as we welcomed three beautiful, healthy newborns into my community. MORE

needed to provide safe water and sanitation for over 134,000 people in some of the poorest communities in rural Malawi, with all money donated by the public over the three month appeal (to September 18) being matched pound-for-pound by the UK Government. MORE

In Malawi, Chikondi printed the messages with blank space underneath where the students wrote replies. I’ve been working with one of my coaching clients, Children of the Nations , on their fall fundraising campaign, which they call Hope for the Children. MORE

Tags: #read4change book club Malawi reading social change storytelling The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind William Kamkwamba wind wind energy MORE

Visitors have the opportunity to ‘join’ one of ten real Malawi villages on the site and track its progress. As a nonprofit marketing person, I often talk to nonprofit groups about their “audience,&# but it’s a bad word. MORE

Last year I was out in Malawi with WaterAid trialing the use of Instagram for ‘real time’ project storytelling from remote communities and I love to see charities testing-out new ways of using emerging digital tools – like Kids Company and their recent Vine campaign. MORE

Sexual network structure and the spread of HIV in Africa: evidence from Likoma Island, Malawi, AIDS , 21: 2323–2332. Over the past decade there has been a dramatic shift in the emphasis of determinants of health and social behaviors from individuals to networks and communities. MORE