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A Midwife in Pakistan

Have Fun - Do Good

My friend, Zoe Krylova, has posted a letter on her blog, Vale of Evening Fog , from a friend of a friend of a friend who is a nursing/midwifery student at Yale and spent two weeks doing relief work in Pakistan. UNHCR Pakistan Midwife Earthquake

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Youth Programs Benefit from Microsoft Donations

Tech Soup

This charity also has offices in India , Nepal , and Tanzania operates its own projects and supports partners in Tanzania, India, and Nepal and works on behalf of children in places like the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Pakistan, Peru, Cambodia, China, and Bangladesh. It has just 20 UK-based staff.

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Concept from Rod Beckstrom

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Rod Beckstrom, prominent Silicon Valley tech executive, was in Pakistan during the great quake (although not in the quake zone when the big one hit). The only open platform for sharing information came out of University Lahore where some students and professors put together a solution called "RisePak."

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Saving the World One Tech Innovation at a Time

Tech Soup

For example, basic SMS and telephone messaging are being used to educate students in remote areas of Pakistan, to control the spread of HIV/AIDS in South Africa, and to raise funds for East African drought relief. The Difference Technology Makes.

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Creating Learning Experiences That Connect, Inspire, and Engage

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I am very excited about upcoming peer learning projects that I’m working on in 2012, including several for Packard grantees in India, Pakistan, and Africa as well as the e-Mediat project in the Middle East. They gave the students tests based on content and scored them. And the resulting graph is the analysis of 1200 students.

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Six Tips for Evaluating Your Nonprofit Training Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I use photo documentation and social media. I also collect all the “evidence” of learning – any notes, sticky notes, drawings, or other items that students created as part of the workshop. Certificate Awards - Pakistan NGOs. Here’s an example from a recent workshop I did on Content Curation at Scoop.It.

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Research Friday: Attention Philanthropy: The Good, the Bad, and the Road Ahead

ASU Lodestar Center

In his books, he tells the story of founding his nonprofit and recounts tales of the struggles they faced while fulfilling their mission of providing education to girls in remote areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan. These books have given him a large and intense fan base. He received his Ph.D. Like this article? Get another!