AFP Blog

AUGUST 30, 2012

Charity Grants Can Help Tech Solve Social Ills In Africa - Ventures Africa : Loren Treisman, trust executive for grant-making foundation Indigo Trust, believes that time has come for more charitable organisations to tap into technology to tackle social issues in Africa.

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Candid

JANUARY 6, 2023

Kellogg Foundation This resource helps answer a key question on many leaders’ minds: How can leaders and companies create a culture that embodies a feeling of inclusion and a sense of belonging for all employees? Expanding Equity: Inclusion & Belonging Guidebook , by the W.K.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2013

The rational for "seeing data as a state" rather than a donor in Africa to help answer policymakers questions is also explained. He advocates a Feedback Principle of Public Reporting where organizations publish beneficiary feedback so that the information flow is not top down, but instead people centered.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

An effective story not only helps nonprofits attract new donors but also increases overall brand awareness, which can be good for landing corporate sponsorships or attracting media coverage. Stories also need to connect, inspire and motivate people to act. People want to know and see the impact of their donations.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Thankfully, there is actually another way (a great way) for you to help a charity you love —you can fundraise for them ! Here are 5 ideas to help get you started raising money for charity. “Here are 5 ideas to help get you started raising money for charity.” Innovation: Africa’s Fundraiser Signup.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Because there are many more M-Pesa agents than ATM machines, mobile payments are the leading way people send money to both people and businesses. Seeing the limitations of microfinance, Matt sought alternative financial solutions to improve financial access across Africa. 11% are enrolled in a monthly giving program. ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Zawadi shared her most recent crowdfunding campaign, probably one of the most successful in Kenya, raising over $71,000 in a couple of days, to help a 24 year old brain cancer patient Emmanuel Otieno (pictured above and known as Jadudi) to get surgery in India. This campaign is a great example. Most donors were from Nairobi.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Proceeds benefit Amnesty International, a nonprofit that works for the human rights of all people – no matter who they are or where they are. All proceeds go towards helping the Sierra Club promote the responsible use of the earth’s ecosystems and resources. One-of-a-kind gifts designed to help St.

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Candid

MARCH 6, 2023

That said, we can capitalize on the moments that can help movements grow. To become one of the success stories, it helps to work from the bottom up, top-down, and inside out. Our “boots on the ground” colleagues are often working alongside community leaders to help residents advocate for change. And, their impacts last.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Each of these groups provided insights into the challenge, determined a focus area where technology can help, and developed a solution. An estimated 811 million people are hungry globally. What are ways of helping farmers get more money from their work? Why Small-Scale Farmers? However, there’s a lot more work to be done.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

From people in Latin America who face severe water scarcity to at-risk human rights defenders and students with disabilities, our users and their families are the ones who best convey the impact of our work. We want students like Brennan—and disadvantaged people everywhere—to have equal opportunities to make their lives better.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2016

You can help your tech-shy NGO friends cross the digital divide by bringing them to a nonprofit tech meetup. The link need to be like so: Africa. Africa + Middle East. TARGET END LINKS. ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. What Makes People Give?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2008

So many generous people donated, that I had enough to distribute some t-shirts to the kids at Roteang Orphanage, managed by the Sharing Foundation , including a foo-camp t-shirt donated by Tara Hunt for Pharoth. Mothers for Africa is running an underwear donation drive. They will then distribute them throughout Africa.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

Technology helps nonprofits deliver on our missions more effectively, but it can also be fiendishly complicated. In Peru, the group explored how Azure can help NGOs and in Tanzania , people learned about the concept of cloud productivity services. The link need to be like so: Africa. Africa and Middle East.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 7, 2013

Bookshare International Library We’re always thinking about new ways in which Benetech could go deeper and help many more people. But this is just the tip of the iceberg, as literacy remains an elusive dream for the majority of the world’s people with print disabilities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Through the practice of zakat, it is understood that wealth is something that is to be distributed among all people in a society. According to an ISPU study , Muslim giving is primarily motivated by religious obligation and the feeling that those with more resources should help those with less.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

org is an international movement of people working to end the age of fossil fuels and build a world of community-led renewable energy for all. org’s Climate Justice Action map , which connects people with local groups and other activists. This focus on partnerships across social justice and climate justice movements resulted in 350.org’s

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Global Giving

MARCH 12, 2021

The program provides nonprofits with a team of experts and software that will help organizations leverage their data to drive impact with AI. Here’s what the collaboration helped these organizations achieve: 1. With the help of DataRobot, the Anacostia Riverkeeper team designed a system to predict if E. LEARN MORE.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 14, 2023

But whether people will donate or not is another topic altogether. You have to define your needs; you have to put those needs into words packed with passion and emotion; you have to lead up to your fundraiser and get people interested before it even launches. If you’re not great at writing, recruit help from someone who is.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Our vision is to use this power to end violence, discrimination, and disadvantage for young people and children. million young people and currently supports more than 250 programs in over 50 countries and territories. Among its successes: 72,878 children and young people became less socially isolated.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

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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Candid

AUGUST 2, 2023

Whether it’s global heatwaves, flooding in Pakistan, Canadian wildfires that block out the sun, decade-long droughts in Africa, or ever more powerful hurricanes, natural disasters have our attention. They also can continue helping to mitigate the human catastrophe of natural disasters.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Sometimes it can be a place where people have the heart to serve, but do not have the business savviness to run a sustainable nonprofit. My journey began with a nonprofit called TechnoServe where I began utilizing my consulting skills as a volunteer consultant in East Africa.

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Candid

DECEMBER 10, 2021

government effort to deliver at least 40 percent of the benefits from federal investments in climate and clean energy to disadvantaged communities; $51 million in support of land restoration in the United States and Africa; and $1.5 Grants totaling $23.5 million in support of tracking and monitoring efforts. public health system.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Tweets with links have an 86% higher retweet rate and higher engagement overall because people are hesitant to retweet or engage with tweets that do not have a source or a call-to-action. Including links, of course, also helps increase traffic to your website. Include a link in your tweets as often as possible.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2017

This webinar was presented on December 19 to more than 1,900 nonprofit staff worldwide and focused on what’s new and next in online communications and fundraising to help nonprofits prepare for the future and embrace being an early adopter. Instagram allows multiple people to go live at the same time. Today it is 3.4

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Together with partners like Salesforce, over the past 16 years (RED) has raised over $700 million dollars for global health, and (RED)-funded grants have impacted over 245 million people. We spoke to several people living with HIV– including Connie Mudenda, an AIDS activist who lost three of her children to the disease.

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

A well-executed fund-a-need appeal creates an opportunity for attendees to spend time with one another while discussing their favorite causes and ways they can help. You don’t want people thinking “ Well if my friend gave money last year, then I should too. Finally, use music!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 17, 2013

A citizen of Paraguay, he is the founder of Fundación Paraguaya , a financially self-sustaining social enterprise that promotes entrepreneurs in Paraguay and Africa through microcredit and entrepreneurship education. and Africa.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

A couple weeks ago, I posted about an upcoming e-waste and refurbishment standards conference in South Africa that I was co-organizing. To explore ways to integrate the already large informal recycling sector in Africa in ways that provide income and also ensure personal health for these workers, and environmental health for Africa.

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Everyaction

JUNE 20, 2018

This World Refugee day, here are 5 organizations you can support to help refugees travel safely and keep families together. Pueblo Sin Fronteras is a collective which operates permanently in solidarity with displaced peoples. Today, their services reach more than 130 million people in more than 100 countries on five continents.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Proceeds benefit Amnesty International, a nonprofit that works for the human rights of all people – no matter who they are or where they are. All proceeds go towards helping the Sierra Club promote the responsible use of the earth’s ecosystems and resources. One-of-a-kind gifts designed to help St.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 13, 2016

There was a time—not too long ago—that drone technology, while in its infancy, was being dismissed by many experts in product development fields as a passing fancy, a mere hobby or pastime that few people ever thought would have important real-world applications.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 23, 2023

They can be a temporary patch to allow people to achieve goals more quickly, provide the opportunity to explore options outside the mainstream, or create a new precedent. These principles help us embrace complexity and find opportunities for workarounds. The Roundabout : Disrupting self-reinforced behaviors.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Matt Hugg, President and Founder, Nonprofit.Courses – He’s the author of the Guide to Nonprofit Consulting, and teaches nonprofit management at several universities, via the web, and in-person in the United States, Africa, Asia and Europe. People get that it’s necessary. Few people say to anyone “I’m here for the shoveling!”

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 15, 2022

We took the process from greeting the fundraising volunteer at your door all the way to helping them connect with your mission, and quite a lot between. According to Nonprofit Courses’ guide to nonprofit professional development , your organization’s greatest asset is its people — and that includes volunteers ! Your Program Volunteers.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 6, 2010

One of the more interesting people I met at the Oxford Skoll meeting this year was Raja Moubarak, founder of Winquest. His idea is straightforward: he believe the Middle East/North Africa region is ripe for values-centered for-profit social enterprises that can both make plenty of money and deliver social benefits.

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