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Spotlight on South Africa: Nonprofit Profiles from SANGONeT

Tech Soup

TechSoup's partner in Africa, SANGONeT , has compiled case studies and profiles of the South African nonprofits and charities they serve. The goal of these case studies is to raise awareness of the impact these nonprofits are making in South Africa. This township is one of the poorest areas in South Africa. Art and Media.

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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In the local context, Kenyan’s give an extremely high proportion of their earnings as donations (cc. The lack of trust between NGOs and local Kenyans and the expectancy that NGOs are funded from outside Kenya are the key reasons for limited local fundraising towards NGO in Kenya.

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International Leadership, Women’s Issues, and Branding—A Conversation With Allison K. Summers, CAE

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By this year, the program projects reaching more than 14 million adolescent girls across 12 countries in Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia with direct services. As a new entrepreneur, I urged her to take advantage of the opportunity to meet people who might become customers. People enjoy talking about themselves and their work.

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Why Every Organization Should Make Sustainability Part of its Mission

Saleforce Nonprofit

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.

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Bookshare without Borders: #1/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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. The second principle is sourcing locally relevant content.

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

Saleforce Nonprofit

An estimated 811 million people are hungry globally. What are ways of translating early warning dashboards captured at the global level into local action? He started his career at a digital solutions start-up in South Africa, and for the past 4 years, he’s been part of the WFP technology team. Why Small-Scale Farmers?

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Meet Your Local NetSquared Organizer at #17NTC

Tech Soup

More than 20 NetSquared-affiliated organizers will be at the conference — look for the people wearing NetSquared pins. Don't worry, there are NetSquared groups in 75 cities who are dedicated to holding events for their local nonprofit technology communities. The link need to be like so: Africa. Friday, March 3, 2017.