Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog
JANUARY 12, 2007
It was my last afternoon in Mali, as I started psychic re-entry process into my normal existence, that I remembered that in real life, hey, I'm a geek. So I dropped by the offices of GeekCorps Mali, which as it turned out was just around the corner from where I was staying at Rebecca and Fode's house in the Quartier Hippodrome.
NTEN
AUGUST 31, 2010
At Geekcorps Mali, our approach was: through great engineering feats attempt to somehow lower the costs of access, while hopefully creating sustainable “business models” in the process. In the 180 clinics spanning two districts where the system has been tested, we’ve been getting roughly a 90% reporting rate.
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Tech Soup
JANUARY 27, 2015
" This is an emerging economic paradigm that promotes systems that help eradicate waste not just from manufacturing processes, but also throughout the life cycle of products and their components. The Ordislexy Project, which provides Air France donated tablets equipped with OneNote to help dyslexic children in school.
Have Fun - Do Good
FEBRUARY 8, 2007
In December I wrote a book review of Monique and the Mango Rains , the story of a Peace Corps worker's two years working with a midwife in Mali. Below is an e-interview with another woman making a difference in Mali, Caitlin Cohen, one of two US coordinators of the Sigida Keneyali Project. What is the biggest challenge of your work?
NTEN
AUGUST 25, 2009
The mission statement of One Laptop per Child is artfully constructed: "To create educational opportunities for the world's poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning." Money, it's a drag.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 12, 2006
After studying irrigation and soil and water conservation, which pays attention to the interface between social systems and irrigation technology in developing countries, she worked for ten years in Africa. " Later, her work brought her to Mali, where she advised on participatory methods. How do you balance all that?
NonProfit Hub
JUNE 22, 2021
To get started, have your bookkeeper set up your accounting system to show Development Profit & Loss as a separate cost center. In another study, researchers tested two versions of a brochure for the Save the Children charity organization. Why is this important? The story-based version outperformed the infographic version by $2.38
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