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Meet A Cambodian BlogHer: Sopheap Chak

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She is also a terrific live blogger! I am grateful for her detailed notes from the Cambodian Bloggers Summit. This was a trip to bring urban young people to experience life in a rural area and to deliver school supplies for children who live in the province and are very poor. How come there are not so many BlogHers in Cambodia?

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Jen Lemen Raises Over $3,000 in 24 Hours for Rwanda Project

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Jen Lemen is a writer, illustrator, blogger and immigrant advocate living in Silver Spring, Maryland. I first met Jen at BlogHer in Chicago last summer at the Global Women's panel. Georgia Popplewell from Global Voices asked people if they would consider donating their schwag for the Cambodian bloggers conference. s basic needs.

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Why is this Cambodian Orphan Wearing A Creative Commons T-Shirt?

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I launched a bloggers campaign and Twitter Wall of Fame as part of the Sharing Foundation's America's Giving Challenge. (To Nast who writes a placeblog called BlogWindsor and Femilicious at BlogHer this summer. At the time, I was raising money to support the Cambodian Bloggers Summit. Cambodia4kids Flickr Photos.

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Give One, Get One: One Laptop Per Child.

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But when I realized it would take a long time before a small NGO working in a country, like say, Cambodia, might be able to purchase a small number of them (less than 100) to outfit a school, I was disappointed. So, maybe they will make it easier for people who want to support specific schools and children. Tharum was disappointed too.

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Fundraising Widget Campaign: Success! Thank You! You Can Still Contribute!

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And that's not all, the Sharing Foundation provides school uniforms (a requirement to enter school) to street kids in Cambodia so they can attend school. 's So, if don't worry that we're over goal - there are many children who will benefit from the additional support. Keun Fast , another Cambodian blogger. Nancy White.

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ChipIn Over the Holidays

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I've been thinking about how bloggers can use their blogs during the holiday season to support organizations that they care about, like Chez Pim has done for UNICEF with the Menu for Hope. My fellow BlogHer co-editor, Beth Kanter , has launched a fundraising campaign using ChipIn. She sits on their board.

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The Last Blogpotomac: A New Community Rises from the Ashes

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You don't necessarily see women keynote at technology conferences (well accept for women focused technology conferences like blogher ), but Geoff was trying hard ensure a gender balanced program and succeeded. more like the Berkman Center Thursday evening blogger meetups I used to attend from 2005-2007. This is just a sampling.