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Rockstar Nairobi Social Entrepreneur

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

She’s an incredible social entrepreneur I just visited with in Nairobi, Kenya. They made a great team: Steve was an enthusiastic salesman/CEO, passionate about building up Kenya through good IT jobs, and Carol ran the team. The doctors in Kenya struggled with a diagnosis. Steve went to India for more tests.

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How to Turn Video Views Into Life-Saving Dollars

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: On my way to Kenya for the Ushahidi Board meeting , so enjoy this post by Manny Hernandez. In 2010, we wanted to let people know about the Big Blue Test through a video that we’d hope would go viral. So, if you have not watched the video yet, please check out the Big Blue Test video.

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The Power of Sport in Changing the World

Saleforce Nonprofit

I’ve also heard inspirational reports of a netball project empowering young girls to tackle the challenges of social media, and in Kenya, a football program that has fundamentally altered how young women and girls are perceived by men and boys in their communities.

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Twitter’s Claire Williams Shares Why Literacy Is Her Cause

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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5 Types of Recurring Giving Programs to Consider

Classy

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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Getting Social with Your Local Nonprofit Tech Community

Tech Soup

Vancouver, British Columbia: Testing Makes Perfect — How to Optimize Your Campaign Through A/B Testing. Busia, Kenya: Stop Cyberbullying Day SCD 2016. Busia, Kenya: Building for the Future with Appmakers — Mozilla and NetSquared Kenya. Monday, June 13, 2016. Tuesday, June 14, 2016. Monday, July 4, 2016.

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Hackathons for Good: Techies, Thinkers, and Activists Unite

Tech Soup

One cool project that came out of a RHoK event is InfoPlace Kenya , an Android application for information and directions of essential places in Kenya like hospitals, tourists attractions, restaurants, educational facilities, and more. Library Hackathons. Libraries have also been getting in on the hacking fun.