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Giving Trends in Kenya: How the Growth of Mobile Payments Are Transforming Community Giving

Nonprofit Tech for Good

According to the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law , there are 6,500+ NGOs registered with the NGOs Coordination Board in Kenya. Another factor to consider is the limited access and high expense of processing credit cards and PayPal in Kenya compared to the United States.

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15 Lessons Learned from Donating Online to 32 Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Yes, I could have used an online giving portal, but like most people, my smartphone is becoming central to my personal economics. International Anti-Poaching Foundation. Eleven of the 32 nonprofits (34%) included the option to donate with PayPal within their donation form. Three nonprofits (9%) used PayPal exclusively.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2013: Free WiFi in Forbes Magazine and Braille Phones

Tech Soup

Mashable reports that the world's first mobile phone specifically designed for sight-impaired people is under development. Now the bad news: the international NGO sector saw a decline in online giving. The social good impact of this field to encourage wealth distribution in Africa is immense. Accessibility. Social Media.

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Nonprofit Technology News for April 2013

Tech Soup

The People's Choice award winner is a Windows 8 app , YumvY , a cooking companion to help you prepare nutritious, healthy meals at home with the goal of addressing the obesity epidemic and related diseases like diabetes. Now the bad news: the international NGO sector saw a decline in online giving. Social Media.

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Amanda Rose, Twestival Leader, Reflects on Twestival

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As one of the key people on the Global Twestival team, her role involved a lot of different tasks; setting the strategy, writing the guidebook, mentoring city organizers, establishing teams for sideline projects, administration, working with the charity, securing partnerships, developing website content, and communications. Multi-task.

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Solutionary Women: Jessica Jackley Flannery of Kiva

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People connecting." Kiva's mission is to connect people, through lending, for the purpose of poverty alleviation. About 70 percent of MFIs, or lending institutions, loan to fewer than 2500 people. I'm sure we could get people to help them and to loan money to them, so let's just try it." What is Kiva? What is an MFI?

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