article thumbnail

Tech2Empower: The Llama Pack Project

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week I was got to work on a week-long service trip in Cusco, Peru as part of Wake: Women’s Alliance for Knowledge Exchange #Tech2empower program where womwn in who work in technology volunteer to share their professional skills and knowledge with women-run business owners. That is what the #Tech2Empower program is all about!

Project 101
article thumbnail

Daniel Ben-Horin on Campus Party

Tech Soup

Since 1997, in Spain , Mexico , Brazil , Chile, Ecuador , Colombia - and soon in Peru - Paco and his team have been serving up their magic brew. all, access to the considerable skills and talents of the Campuseros, brought to bear on implementing their solutions. It's not a. campus, it's. sponsorships like crazy.

Brazil 54
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Need Hands-on Help? NetSquared's Free Workshops Are in Your Community

Tech Soup

In Peru, the group explored how Azure can help NGOs and in Tanzania , people learned about the concept of cloud productivity services. New Orleans, Louisiana: Glossophobics Anonymous (or How to Hone your Public Speaking Skills). For spring 2017, we're focused on nonprofit cloud services. Monday, June 5, 2017. Tuesday, June 6, 2017.

article thumbnail

Youth Programs Benefit from Microsoft Donations

Tech Soup

Speaking of impact, London, England-based Childreach International works in partnership with local communities in the developing world to help improve children’s access to healthcare, education, child rights, and protection. ATCAC provides training in work skills, social skills, and health education taught by professionals.

article thumbnail

Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

Have Fun - Do Good

So often, government control, or just lack of access to information and media, prevents people from really being able to be educated and informed about serious issues that are going on around them. There is also a really practical level of source access. We are also in discussions in Peru, in Burkina Faso, and in Botswana as well.

article thumbnail

Tools to End Poverty: An Interview with Martin Fisher of KickStart

Have Fun - Do Good

The first thing we recognize is that poor people everywhere are really not that different than us, in that they live in a cash economy, and just like us, if they have a way to make money they can access education, clean water, health care, and all of those other things that we think about as being so important. You're not going to Peru."

article thumbnail

Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

Have Fun - Do Good

That means building in more structure and more discipline, and for myself, it was a lot of letting go of doing everything and knowing how to do it, you know, figuring everything out and really bringing in people who bring that different set of skills. I ended up going into bodywork to have a skill that I could perform with my hands.

Voice 69