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Digital Volunteerism – Effective Disaster Relief the GreenTech Way

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The January 12, 2010 catastrophic earthquake in Haiti showed some of the astonishing potential for volunteer-based digital disaster relief. and Sahana Foundation (which hosts a free open source disaster management system), have changed the way disaster relief is being done all over the world. Twitter uses hashtags.

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Youth Programs Benefit from Microsoft Donations

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How One NGO Serves 70,000 Children. This is an NGO that is relies heavily on good communication and effective project management. Its projects in Japan focus on educating and connecting Japanese youth with the young people KnK serves outside of Japan. All of them happen to use Microsoft Office to good advantage.