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Using Technology to Build a More Accountable Bosnia and Herzegovina

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"), have risen as leaders in grassroots organizing and civic activism in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). " It was this feeling of disempowerment that brought together several concerned citizens, including Darko, to voice their disapproval in a local online forum. The civic movement he started, Dosta! “Enough!”

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Fighting for Civic Transparency with Technology in the Western Balkans

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The goal was to find the best web or mobile ideas for social projects in Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia. Three project winners were chosen from each country: From Bosnia and Herzegovina: Centar 72 aims to solve community problems within 72 hours. From Serbia. Niš 2.0 Image: Community Boost_r Facebook.

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Hackathons for Good: Techies, Thinkers, and Activists Unite

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When you hear the term "hackathon," you might imagine a group of coders getting together to break into a protected website or engaging in some other shady activity. AT&T is very active in the hackthon space, holding weekend events for mobile app creation. The ReStart Challenges. Image credit: Hackathon, hackNY.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2013: Free WiFi in Forbes Magazine and Braille Phones

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Fundacja TechSoup in Poland, in a close partnership with Dokukino and other local organizations from the Western Balkans, has launched open challenges for the best technology-based social projects that address transparency and accountability issues in the the Bosnia and Hercegovina, Kosovo, and Serbia. Very, very cool, I must say.

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Nonprofit Technology News for April 2013

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Fundacja TechSoup in Poland, in a close partnership with Dokukino and other local organizations from the Western Balkans, has launched open challenges for the best technology-based social projects that address transparency and accountability issues in the the Bosnia and Hercegovina, Kosovo, and Serbia. Very, very cool, I must say.

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Interview with Zainab Salbi, Founder of Women for Women International

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You can also listen to the interview on the Big Vision Podcast site , download it from iTunes , or play it on the little player below: Zainab Salbi: Women for Women International aims at helping women move from victims, to survivors, to active participants. Our country director in Bosnia was a survivor of the four-year siege of Sarajevo.

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Solutionary Women: Heddy Nam

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Later, they learned that it happened again and again – in the cases of Cambodia, Bosnia and Rwanda - and it was still happening but nobody was doing anything about it. American youth luckily have many options in terms of organizations within which to be active in.

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