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Visit Zambia with LearnAsOne!

Amy Sample Ward

Steve Heyes, a colleague and founder of LearnAsOne , has just embarked on a great journey to Zambia and you’re invited! are headed to Zambia to document a community who doesn’t have a school, in as close to real-time as possible. Email the Zambia LearnAsOne team. Follow along and connect with the community!

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How Leaders Use Four Workarounds To Tackle Complex Problems

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Let me illustrate with an example I learned from Zambia: many medicines cannot be found in remote regions of Sub-Saharan Africa because of hard-to-solve bottlenecks in healthcare, such as poor infrastructure and logistics systems. These principles help us embrace complexity and find opportunities for workarounds.

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Announcing Our Second Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Supporting Small-Scale Farmers Globally

Saleforce Nonprofit

Each of these groups provided insights into the challenge, determined a focus area where technology can help, and developed a solution. In recent years, we have seen the growth of technology interventions that help small-scale farmers access life-saving information to protect their livelihoods and their families. Dun-Ying Vicki Yu.

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Your Local Tech4Good Club Is Ready to Help

Tech Soup

Every month I bring you a roundup of free technology training events that will help nonprofit staffers like you build their skills. 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.

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CEO’s Update: Fall 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

To do so, we definitely need your help. To help now, please use the Donate Form on Benetech''s website and give whatever you can. Human Rights Our Human Rights Program continues to focus on helping activists and journalists securely document the stories of human rights abuses worldwide. billion poor and unbanked.

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How (RED) is Fighting AIDS and Saving Lives

Saleforce Nonprofit

To help tell this story better, (RED) recently took a trip with one of our supporters, Roche, to Zambia to film a series of labs that are conducting life-saving tests and giving patients and doctors critical information in the fight against preventable diseases. And storytelling is at the very heart of that.

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NetSquared Events to Cure Your Social Media Ailments

Tech Soup

NetSquared Zambia in Lusaka, Zambia. 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. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Social Media Surgery — Hands-on Help with Social Media. Louis, Missouri.