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Broadband Adoption in Chile

Tech Soup

Cisco released the results of a study last week , reporting that growth in Chile's broadband penetration has dropped from 45 percent in 2006 to 10.5 Solutions are forthcoming for the small-to-medium-sized NGOs working to provide these groups with access to information. percent in 2008.

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Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Resources

Tech Soup

Donate to Organizations Providing Relief. You can text SANDY to 80888 to make a $10 donation to be evenly distributed among the American Red Cross, AmeriCares, and the Salvation Army. Craigslist.org founder Craig Newmark is matching the next $25,000 in donations for Sandy Relief through Crowdrise.

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Update from CDI Mobile Telecentre and How You Can Help

Tech Soup

Earlier this week , we told you about TechSoup partner CDI Chile 's plan to restore connectivity to Chilean NGOs. Today, the telecentre is in Lota , one of the poorest cities and Chile and one of the communities hit worst by the earthquake. Skype has made an in-kind donation, allowing CDI to let people make free Skype-to-phone calls.

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Microsoft’s Networked Approach To Accelerating Social Change Through Technology

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We embed the product donation with a connection to the community and capacity building.&#. Ben Horin noted that TechSoup Global did not have a partner in Haiti, but they did in Chile. Horin also said that other partners in the TechSoup Global network responded to requests for donations and assistance.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

Have Fun - Do Good

KR: The Global Fund for Women has an extraordinary commitment to keeping our doors open so that as many organizations working to advance women's human rights internationally can really gain access to resources that they so desperately need. So that is one critical area, just simply access to the resources themselves.

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