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Hot on IdealistNews: Carrotmobs, Microfinance and the Ford Foundation

Roundup from Scott. On IdealistNews his alias is BlueOrange.


By Flickr user Gary Denness So many great headlines this week on IdealistNews! What are some of this week's top stories?

• White House Announces $100 Million 'Microfinance' Growth Fund for the Western Hemisphere. (The person who submitted this story—which was the one with the most comments this week—also noted that this fund will help groups like Kiva.)
  
• A Carrotmob: A Network of Socially Responsible Consumers
• Footage Reveals Animals are Paying the Price for Cheap Rides and Overweight Tourists
• One Employee of Feed the Children: "We are in hell.”
• Ford Foundation Commits $50 Million to Help Cities Buy Foreclosed Homes

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