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What Advice Would You Give to Women in Africa About using Web2.0 Tools to Advance their Work?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was a mentor on Ore's Blog Mentoring Project in Africa as Joitske Hulsebosch also writes about. s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC). s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC). s Technology Empowerment Centre. The project will teach women how to use Web 2.0 Oreoluwa Somolu is Executive Director of the Women???s

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

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The link need to be like so: Africa. TARGET END LINKS. ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. Phoenix, Arizona: Website Building 101: Quick and Easy Web Presence for Nonprofits. Africa and Middle East. Asia and Pacific Rim. Europe and UK.

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The Faces of International Development

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But wait, are people in developing areas, and even rural areas, even getting access to the web and/or to mobile technology? Empowerment is key. My conversation over lunch was imperative and revealing and it makes me smile to realize that our web discussion was just a tiny pocket of all the hundreds of conversations in the ballroom.

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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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developing economies in Asia and Africa. opportunities, improve social empowerment, reduce the need to undertake. skip Africa because of costs. mobile web, applications that run on a browser," as African cloud. Though the list above includes mobile Internet-related services, some of the. countries is 21%. developers.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. FORGE serves 60,000 refugees in three different refugee camps in Southern Africa, and is an official operating partner of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR ).

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Creating Learning Experiences That Connect, Inspire, and Engage

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I am very excited about upcoming peer learning projects that I’m working on in 2012, including several for Packard grantees in India, Pakistan, and Africa as well as the e-Mediat project in the Middle East. A few days ago I opened the door on a new learning journey. The last question asks students to tell Mazur what confused them.

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

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For example, some of our women in Africa and India are interested in taking the ideas and the best practices that came out of this training into their regions. We have a woman in Africa who is helping to convene women for the World Social Forum. Melinda: First of all, I would recommend to check out our web site, which is www.wggan.org.

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