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Giving Trends in Kenya: How the Growth of Mobile Payments Are Transforming Community Giving

Nonprofit Tech for Good

According to the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law , there are 6,500+ NGOs registered with the NGOs Coordination Board in Kenya. Traditionally, NGOs in Kenya have depended on outside support from grant makers and wealthy individuals. Finally, M-Changa seeks to build trust from both local and international donors.

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My Triple Ripple of Kindness: Helping Women in San Jose and Kenya

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The inspiration for this program came from a random act of kindness at a Trader Joe’s last year that leveraged $24,000 donation to a local food bank. I used my $100 check to purchase beautiful ceramic beaded necklaces from Kazuri in Kenya. My random act of kindness was to support women in San Jose by supporting women in Kenya.

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Your Local Tech4Good Club Is Ready to Help

Tech Soup

Busia, Kenya: NetSquared Kenya and Mozilla — Building for the Future with App Maker. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Thursday, April 13, 2017. Tokyo, Japan: #NPOxIT最前線2017 - 米国テクノロジーカンファレンス参加報告­ - 第13回 NPOxIT Meetup - 情報共有・学び・交流会. Africa + Middle East. Friday, April 7, 2017. Mukono, Uganda.

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Getting Social with Your Local Nonprofit Tech Community

Tech Soup

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Busia, Kenya: Stop Cyberbullying Day SCD 2016. Busia, Kenya: Building for the Future with Appmakers — Mozilla and NetSquared Kenya. Busia, Kenya: Building for the Future with Appmakers — Mozilla and NetSquared Kenya.

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Join Us for Local and Virtual Events This Week With Social Media September

Tech Soup

Busia, Kenya: Blue Bells Orphans And Vulnerable Support Program /Kenya. Don’t have a local NetSquared Local group? What have NetSquared Local groups been up to recently? Guatemala: Visita de Experto de Taiwan - Campus Tec - 27 de septiembre. Saturday, September 28. Event Reports.

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New Ideas at TED2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

He now lives in rural Kenya working on eye care. Andrew’s focus is on curing blindness: 80% of the people he sees in rural Kenya can have their blindness reversed. I explained Benetech’s efforts to grow the impact of our Bookshare library globally, specifically discussing partnerships with groups in India and Kenya.

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Is it a movement or a moment?

Candid

The champions transform local attitudes and behaviors related to nutrition, help foster collaboration, and engage decision-makers. Photo credit: Peter Caton, Action Against Hunger , Kenya The post Is it a movement or a moment? They all have a strong desire to mobilize public interest and advocate for systemic change.

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