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U.S. companies support COVID-19 relief in Indonesia, Southeast Asia

Candid

Chamber of Commerce with support from Business Roundtable — has announced commitments in support of COVID-19 pandemic relief and response efforts in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. Indonesia now accounts for approximately one in five fatalities globally as it struggles with shortages of oxygen and hospital capacity.

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5 Ways To Expand Financial Inclusion For The World’s Poor

Global Giving

As people become digitally connected, they gain access fundraise from empathetic individuals around the world. And the government of Bangladesh announced plans for a nationwide mobile payments system by early 2018.This BitPesa, Banqu, and UCash are scaling similar concepts in Kenya, Indonesia, and India. 1,171,000,000.

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Book Giveaway: Mazarine Treyz, The Wild Woman’s Guide to Fundraising

Amy Sample Ward

Being there, I realized that people clearly needed access to clean, fresh water. All fired up from my time in Indonesia, I thought, “Changing the world is so exciting! a cover letter that has generated many interviews for me and others who got nonprofit and government jobs. Standing far away, I had no idea what people needed.

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Stick To Our Knitting? What Is TechSoup?

Tech Soup

In a recent blog post , in which our nonprofit, TechSoup, advocated for Net Neutrality, there were several responses that have an interestingly identical structure: (a) Government should stay out of the Internet; (b) There are technical issues involved that TechSoup does not understand; and. (c)

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Unlocking Data for Philanthropy: Notes from Global Philanthropy Forum Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The topic of data is a geeky subject, but exciting because in this era of big data and networks, our collective capacity for problem solving has never been greater. Data is transparent because of social media, data visualization, and open data from governments – all helping us to usher a remarkable period in human history.

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Lessons on Policymakers, Gender Equality, and Data

Connection Cafe

Last week at the United Nations General Assembly , Equal Measures 2030 launched a multi-country policymaker survey that explored perceptions of progress on gender-related issues and access to and use of data to inform decisions. Gender equality is a cross-cutting and must not be considered as a single policy issue in the eyes of governments.

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Nonprofit Technology News for June 2013

Tech Soup

The leaders in adoption are China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Nigeria, the Philippines, Brazil, and Mexico. Get ready for Internet-connected smart devices that you’ll wear on your wrist or face or access in your car in 2014. There are now 2.4 They’ll be voice- or gesture-controlled.

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