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The NPTech Response to Japan

NTEN

Flickr photo: Logan was his name-o It's been just a few hours since one of the largest recorded earthquakes and subsequent tsunami hit off the coast of Japan. Our hearts go out to the people of Japan. We've seen immense progress, fueled by nonprofits and technology, in the six years since Katrina.

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Latest Resources to Help Japan's Earthquake and Tsunami Victims

Care2

Looking to help the victims of the Japan earthquake and Tusanmi, but don’t know where to start? Frogloop compiled a list of resources of nonprofits, companies, and do-gooders who are using their tech-savvy and organizing skills to raise money and help locate missing people. By Roberto Maxwell. American Red Cross Text to Donate.

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Donors needed for our friends in Japan. Will you help?

Connection Cafe

It’s just few days after the worst earthquake ever recorded in Japan, followed by a devastating tsunami and still uncertain consequences around affected nuclear plants, and many of us are thinking about how we can help. People may be thinking that because Japan is more developed the need is less. Author: Molly Brooksbank.

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Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Resources

Tech Soup

The Cell Phone Solution: Easy Emergency Preparedness for Nonprofits. TechSoup Japan Disaster Relief Program Launches to Assist Local NGOs. TechSoup Japan Disaster Relief Program Launches to Assist Local NGOs. Updates from TechSoup's Partner and Friends in Japan. TechSoup Partners Provide Aid to Organizations in Haiti.

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Philanthropy and Social Media: New Whitepaper from The Institute for Philanthropy

Amy Sample Ward

Ushahidi, an open source project originally deployed in Kenya to report post-election violence has since been downloaded and deployed for many other events and disasters, including Haiti, Chile, and Japan. For many start ups and even nonprofit groups doing something truly innovative, they totally blow it the first time around.

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Youth Programs Benefit from Microsoft Donations

Tech Soup

demonstrates what nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup Global software donations to further their missions. Its projects in Japan focus on educating and connecting Japanese youth with the young people KnK serves outside of Japan. " Nonprofit Education in Haiti.

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Things We Like (February 2010)

NTEN

A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources. 2010 Haiti earthquake mobile fundraising: $30+ million. 86% of nonprofits characterize their messages as difficult to remember. Have they discovered Japan's mobile phone novels fad ? Read more posts on our blog. 2009 total mobile fundraising: $4 million.

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