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allAfrica.com: Tanzania: Charitable Giving - Where Are Tanzania's Affluent? (Page 1 of 4)

AFP Blog

allAfrica.com: Tanzania: Charitable Giving - Where Are Tanzania''s Affluent? Page 1 of 4) : IN December 2009, Luca Neghesti, a serial entrepreneur in Media, ICT and Logistics industries in Tanzania spearheaded a relief aid campaign for thousands of victims of the Dar es Salaam floods through the use of social media platforms.'

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TweetsGiving: Show Your Gratitude With Epic Change

Amy Sample Ward

People donate to a shared cause in honor of that for which they are most grateful Funds raised will go to support the work of Mama Lucy Kampton ( @MamaLucy ), a ChangeMaker who has transformed her community in Arusha, Tanzania through her school Shepherd’s Junior. Last year, funds from TweetsGiving helped build a classroom in Tanzania.

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Great reads from around the web on October 28th

Amy Sample Ward

." The TwitterKids of Tanzania | The Epic Change Blog – A beautiful update from the Epic Change blog where Stacey and Avi are now in Tanzania working with the "school that Twitter built" last year from proceeds of Tweetsgiving, and where this year's donations will help bring technology. "Hujambo

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Great reads from around the web on October 28th

Amy Sample Ward

" The TwitterKids of Tanzania | The Epic Change Blog - A beautiful update from the Epic Change blog where Stacey and Avi are now in Tanzania working with the "school that Twitter built" last year from proceeds of Tweetsgiving, and where this year's donations will help bring technology. "Hujambo

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Need Some Inspiration To Video Blog? Look no further.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Screen capture of video blog I was an early adopter of video blogging and screencasting. For inspiration, I had to look no further than the " On the Road: Tanzania ," a video blog from the UN World Food Programme. In the last year or so, I've gotten away from it. I really miss making videos and screencasts.

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TweetsGiving 2009: What Nonprofit Tech Are You Thankful For?

Tech Soup

Tweetsgiving is using micro-blogging tool Twitter to raise money for a classroom in Tanzania. This year, they're also enabling people to participate by tagging blog posts, Flickr photos, YouTube videos, and blip.fm Along the way, they're also compiling a log of what Twitter users are thankful for this year. recordings.

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Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Meta Analysis

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Right before Thanksgiving , the TweetsGiving effort and Avi Kaplan helped Epic Change raise over $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom in Tanzania. As Lucy Bernholz notes, this might be one more example of fundraising on Twitter is less marginal and moving to the middle. They got enough comments in two hours to fill a truck.