Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2014

TED gives me the chance to brainstorm with loads of people who gather to discuss ways to change the world through technology and design. He now lives in rural Kenya working on eye care. We, of course, ended up talking about helping people who are blind around the world. What can we do for them? Well worth a try!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 29, 2011

As I noted in my first blog on my African trip, I was delighted with the entrepreneurial culture in Nairobi, Kenya. We were introduced to Steve and Daproim through the great offices of Leila Janah and Samasource, the "Give Work" people. It's a for-profit social enterprise, with a focus on employing disadvantaged people.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

According to a recent AP report , 300,000 people in Kenya were forced to leave their homes, and over 800 people were killed during this past month's post-election violence. Feministing suggests making donations to the Kenya Red Cross Society. What are some other ideas for how people can help? Kenya donation

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

An Urgent Issue Today, as many as 828 million people — one in ten worldwide — face hunger, a number that has grown 22 % since the start of the pandemic. Alarmingly, as many as 50 million people in 45 countries are on the verge of famine. A mother in Kenya checks her child for malnutrition using a MUAC band.

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TechImpact

MAY 15, 2013

In an effort to allow people in remote areas to have consistent access to the cloud, a Kenya-based nonprofit is making plans to distribute a new device that can bring reliable internet to even the most remote of locations, even when … Continued The post NGO Bringing Internet Service To Developing World appeared first on Tech Impact.

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Candid

MARCH 6, 2023

It is a model that nonprofits can seek to emulate, providing engagement opportunities that help shift masses of people from casual observers to passionate supporters. Photo credit: Peter Caton, Action Against Hunger , Kenya The post Is it a movement or a moment? Komen for the Cure to spark a social movement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Since I’m enroute to Kenya, I invited Jeff Achen to share his thoughts. How to use social media to inspire 40,000 people to give on one day. We’re turning that word into a hashtag we hope people will use to share their stories of what motivated them to give and which organizations they support. Go Minnesota!

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2015

And when you don't you don't know how to do that … Our mission is to equip low-income people to succeed in the digital economy." In 2014, Samaschool expanded globally to Nairobi, Kenya, and in 2015, it launched an online curriculum that teaches students what it takes to do digital work. million people in 2020.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 12, 2011

As I mentioned in my previous two blogs about my Africa trip of last July, I had the pleasure of meeting many interesting people and learning about numerous exciting, cool projects during that three week long visit to Kenya, Tanzania and Ghana. The good news is that trachoma can effectively be eliminated.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 19, 2007

An estimated 80,000-150,000 people from all over the world will be attending the 2007 World Social Forum in Nairobi, Kenya January 20-25th. This year's theme is, ""People's Struggles, People's Alternatives - Another World is Possible." Sokari Ekine, the creator of the group blog, Black Looks, will be there.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Jeffrey Bryan, a veterinary oncologist Emily Jacobi, Digital Democracy Jenny Ramo, New Mexico Appleseed Kavita Ramdas, formerly of Global Fund for Women ( I interviewed Kavita in April 2008 ) Kenya Masala, Source Consulting Group, (he's the musician behind the Big Vision Podcast's intro and outro music).

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Candid

MAY 23, 2023

As a people, we have to tell our own story.” – Evans Okinyi, CEO, East Africa Philanthropy Network Coming from a family of storytellers and strong matriarchs, I was interested in “Black (Women’s) Power: Our Voices.” At both Howard and Harambee, I felt empowered, like I can push through, like I have people that have my back.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

South Arts has announced the launch of Southern Cultural Treasures , a four-year, $6 million initiative in support of Black, Indigenous, and people of color-led and -serving arts and cultural organizations across the Southeast. South Arts announces $6 million BIPOC arts initiative. November 4, 2021.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Our vision is to use this power to end violence, discrimination, and disadvantage for young people and children. million young people and currently supports more than 250 programs in over 50 countries and territories. Among its successes: 72,878 children and young people became less socially isolated.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 25, 2008

we get to hear the story of a cell phone banking service that gives the poor effective banking services in Kenya when the country's banks have declined to serve them. And, Kenya is not the only country to discover this opportunity. Don't bark at us. The sly person is in trouble when the fool gets smart.

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Blue Fox

MAY 22, 2020

We must get up every day, lead our teams, take care of our families, and provide services and support to communities and people who rely on us. million people [PDF] Nyaka , Michigan/Uganda: Releases first full-length documentary – award winning, truth-telling, INSPIRING, and streaming free [VIDEO-40 min] What are you up to?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

I arrived in London yesterday on my way back from Kenya to give a couple of talks about The Networked Nonprofit. Nick describes them as &# People doing good things because it made sense to it. I arrived in London yesterday on my way back from Kenya to give a couple of talks about The Networked Nonprofit. Militant optimists.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

in Kenya with Mary, 10, circa 2006]. On the last stop of that trip, I went to Kenya to climb a mountain. Our connection to Kenya remains strong; we are also the guardians for one of the children from that orphanage, @sammyikua , who now studies in Maine. A group of graduate students from Berkeley were coming to Kenya.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 14, 2011

"It's important to never lose track of leveraging the strengths of the people that we serve. It's one of the most important ways that you position the people that you're serving to be successful over time. ~ If you have suggestions for people I should interview, please email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

We want to share while we are doing and have people respond immediately. It could be checking in with people on a location-based social network. People believe in the internet. People believe in their contributions. People want to be recognized for contributing anywhere along the spectrum. Impacts to Society.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2014

Busia, Kenya: NetSquared Kenya Monthly Meeting. Victoria, Canada: Where do all the People Live: Choosing the Right Tools to Track Your Data. Kisumu, Kenya: Mozilla Make a Party Western Kenya joins together with Netsquared Kenya. Guayaquil, Ecuador: The Guayaquil NetSquared Meetup Group Monthly Meetup.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 11, 2012

It was the power of people sharing the stories with one another that actually brought it to some sort of critical mass where mainstream media then took attention. It was much more important for people to be sharing the stories with each other for the traffic to blow up really, really fast." It continued on the same trajectory.

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Global Giving

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

In celebration of the occasion of getting to meet this huge hero of mine, I’ve outlined five ways that companies, institutions, and nonprofits can harness technological innovations to advance financial inclusion and empower the world’s most vulnerable people: 1. It’s making life better and business easier for people everywhere.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 2, 2013

If you have suggestions for people I should interview, or for a n organization that would like to sponsor the show, please email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com. Music: "Mango Delight," by Kenya Masala. Connect with Kenya through CD Baby and Source Consulting Group.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 7, 2013

Bookshare International Library We’re always thinking about new ways in which Benetech could go deeper and help many more people. But this is just the tip of the iceberg, as literacy remains an elusive dream for the majority of the world’s people with print disabilities.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 29, 2012

As I vision ahead, I see this being a situation where hundreds of thousands of young people want to do this, but we have to quantify a lot of things to make this a reality for folks. In May 2010, TIME magazine named Will to the TIME 100 World's Most Influential People. He was named the 2012 NCAA Theodore Roosevelt Award recipient.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

In early 2008, villages and cities across Kenya were ravaged with violence following the disputed re-election of the sitting Kenyan president. The election controversy became the pretext for ethnic clashes that displaced hundreds of thousands of people and claimed the lives of more than 600, some in grisly fashion.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2015

billion people worldwide who do not have clean drinking water. Mission: To provide sustainable transformation in the lives of poor children and provide emergency relief that assists people afflicted by conflict or disaster. Kijani ● kijani.ngo. Mission: To restore Kenyan highland forests and elevate the discussion on sustainability.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Kisumu, Kenya: Social Media Week. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Story Time: Empowering People with Technology. Busia, Kenya: Building for the Future with Appmaker-Mozilla Western Kenya Network. Busia, Kenya: Social Media Week Event. Denver, CO: Beyond Facebook and Twitter: Storytelling Through Social Media.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

If you have suggestions for people I should interview, please email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com. Connect with Kenya through CD Baby and Source Consulting Group. Connect with Kenya through CD Baby and Source Consulting Group. Share Tweet.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 16, 2011

If you have suggestions for people I should interview (especially new, young big visionaries), please email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com. You can connect with Kenya through CD Baby, Source Consulting Group , and Facebook. You can listen and subscribe to the Big Vision Podcast via iTunes , or on the player above.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Kisumu, Kenya: Social Media Week. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Story Time: Creating Technologies with Visually Impaired People. Busia, Kenya: Building for the Future with Appmaker-Mozilla Western Kenya Network. Busia, Kenya: Social Media Week Event. Storymakers Events. September 23. September 24. September 25.

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Classy

MAY 31, 2021

People typically won’t give a recurring gift unless they’re asked. For example, Made In The Streets is a nonprofit working to “love and serve children from the streets of Nairobi, Kenya – meeting their physical, emotional, and spiritual needs; loving them fully; equipping them to earn a living and sending them out to a new life.”

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 1, 2011

If you have suggestions for people I should interview, please email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com. You can connect with Kenya through CD Baby, Source Consulting Group , and Facebook. You can listen and subscribe to the Big Vision Podcast via iTunes , or on the player above.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2011

"I think as cooks there's something sort of innate in us that's about sharing and being generous and giving to people." If you have suggestions for people I should interview, please email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com. You can connect with Kenya through CD Baby, Source Consulting Group , and Facebook.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Before and during her studies, she conducted field research for governmental and non-governmental organizations, as well as foundations, on maternal and child health in Sri Lanka, Ghana, Haiti, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya and India. If you have suggestions for people I should interview, please email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

She selected an orange flower from the “nadiflame” tree because to her women who are leaders stand out miles away – just like the orange flowers on this tree. She shared examples of women leaders in Kenya. When we came back to the circle, we had to introduce each other and the other person’s object.

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