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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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Social Media, Networking, and African Women’s Leadership Training in Rwanda

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For the past ten days, I’ve been in Rwanda, Africa. My role was to deliver components of the Networked NGO curriculum – sessions on network mapping, challenges assumptions about networked ways of working, as well as training on how to use the online collaboration platform for their together moving forward.

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Caltech: Founding Values

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

There was tremendous optimism about the value of training engineers and scientists and how that would benefit all of humanity, especially in the southern California of a century ago which was reshaped through the wonders of technology. I want to advocate for “giving the sleeves off your vest” strategy!

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Is it a movement or a moment?

Candid

For example, across East Africa, our teams work with Youth Champions to elevate awareness of the drivers of hunger, including the climate crisis, conflict, and chronic inequality. Moments can start with unexpected champions. They all have a strong desire to mobilize public interest and advocate for systemic change.

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Call for Abstracts: The International Conference on Knowledge Economy in South Africa

Forum One

This looks like a fascinating event to take place in South Africa this October: The International Conference on Knowledge Economy. OECD suggests that innovation has changed from a linear model to a non linear and more complex relationship-based model. Lots to learn here!

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How (RED) is Fighting AIDS and Saving Lives

Saleforce Nonprofit

As we prepare to mark World AIDS Day on December 1st, we sat down with Jennifer Lotito, the President and COO of (RED), to learn more about (RED)’s success model and how the organization is creating lasting change. The Global Fund recently launched the Digital Health Impact Accelerator (DHIA), a catalytic fund for digital health in Africa.

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The First Global Martus Users Group Meeting

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I have led Martus outreach and training for the past 4 years and worked with human rights defenders all over the world, but because of the project-specific nature of our work, I interact with each of our partners separately. The Benetech Human Rights Program (HRP) team is small - and the Martus outreach and training team is no different.

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