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Shouldn’t the Word Phone Be Removed from Mobile? The Use of the Mobile by Nonprofits for Development

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in the developing world where access to the Internet may not be very. landlines to focus on developing the use of mobiles and the mobile Internet. Though the list above includes mobile Internet-related services, some of the. It must be noted that according to the ITU , Internet user penetration has reached approximately 9.6%

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. We work with about 60,000 refugees from across the continent. Can you talk about how that works, and what the pros and cons of that process are?

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

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Our October 14th conversation began with Jensine explaining how World Pulse works. I wanted to go out and experience the world, so I went at nineteen years old to the Amazon in Ecuador and ended up working with indigenous women who were struggling because there had been a oil contamination (four times Exxon Valdez) on their traditional lands.

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