Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2016

For example, I extracted many insights about the international development field reading books like Easterly’s Tyranny of Experts or Maren’s Road to Hell. A technology intervention is only a tool, a seed. There’s often more value to me in reading iconoclastic books than feel-good affirmations of popular icons!

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Laptop Hype Ghana Phase 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

And I will start this post off by being clear – this is as much of an internal, personal conflict for me, and a way in which I see my own behavior and my values diverge at times. The argument goes – nonprofits need up-to-date tools to do their work effectively. We leave that to China, Ghana, and other countries.

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Environment Technology Green Ghana 160

Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2016

In case you missed it, last week was the second annual International Grantmaking Symposium (IGS) , presented by CAF America in partnership with UNDP. CAF America launched the IGS last year around the shared belief that international philanthropy can, and should be, a powerful force in our effort to address the world’s most pressing issues.

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Taxonomy Lesson Ghana Philanthropy 20

Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

When I sat down to talk with the co-Directors, Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond, in early March, they had literally just returned from the West African Woman and Water Training in Ghana. Women hold these toxins in their body, and this is what they have to pass on to their children. Over 90 percent of U.S. What was that?

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

And, at a time when the international women's movement is facing challenges, it would be great to have a reminder that good news is going on, that good work is being done, that progress is happening. Can you talk a little bit about why they used arts, and why it was an effective tool? And, their weapon is poetry.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

They wanted to create a literacy program for themselves because now there was a school where their children could go to school, but they felt embarrassed that they couldn't support their children because they themselves were illiterate. Women and their children are disproportionately victims of outside violence as well.

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