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12 Early Adopters of the.NGO and.ONG Domains

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Mission: To improve access and quality of education for 4 million children living in underserved communities in India. Mission: To help eradicate extreme poverty through community development projects in urban sanitation, water filtration, health, alternative energy, and economic empowerment. Educate Girls ● educategirls.ngo.

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Shouldn’t the Word Phone Be Removed from Mobile? The Use of the Mobile by Nonprofits for Development

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This was originally posted on the GuideStar International blog. The International Telecommunications Union (ITU). in the developing world where access to the Internet may not be very. multiple purposes that makes the mobile even more important, particularly where access to the Internet is problematic, and the. Developing.

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Get Help in Telling the Story of Your Nonprofit's Impact

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The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America , or go international with events in. Jasper, Indiana: Hotspots and Wireless Access Points. Chicago, Illinois: Making Tech Accessible to Nonprofits. Mumbai, India: Storymakers 2017. Mahikeng, South Africa: Rural Tech Empowerment.

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Women's Global Green Action Network: An Interview with Melinda Kramer

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From her Berkeley-based office, Melinda Kramer facilitates an international network of women leaders. Melinda Kramer: Women's Global Green Action Network is an international organization that is linking and empowering women working in environmental sustainability around the world.

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Creating Markets for Fair Trade Gifts: An Interview with Priya Haji of World of Good

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So oftentimes if a woman is doing something that has economic value, it often gets undervalued in society, and in particular in these kinds of countries and communities, where she may be uneducated, have very limited access to the market. The likelihood of exploitation is much higher.

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

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It had hit India. I actually started out with International Studies, and more academic. Any woman who is just coming on from Kashmir has access to some kind of connectivity to either an Internet cafe, or a cell phone, or a computer at her work. It hit Singapore, overnight while I had been sleeping. That wasn't fulfilling me.

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (and New York, and Nairobi, and Seoul, and Kampala, and Boston…)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Met with a major international human rights defender group about our Martus technology and digital security more generally. Met with the UN Foundation about a major grant they are giving us to bring Bookshare to India. First, Bookshare has more than 200,000 accessible titles in English available to blind people in Africa.

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