Nonprofit Tech for Good
OCTOBER 17, 2009
A young nonprofit dedicated to building schools for girls in developing countries named Circle of Women. Their first project is a secondary school for 1,200 girls in Afghanistan where the female literacy rate is only 12%. Tags: Twitter Micro Fundraising Online Fundraising.
Tech Soup
MARCH 3, 2010
I was excited about Fab-Fi , Fab Lab's name for the simple directional antennas they're using to build a mesh wireless network all over Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Afghans are using the same set of tools to bring the Internet to Jalalabad that this young man in south Boston used to build an electric violin: read more.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 13, 2009
Also working with Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America to help get them the respect and services they deserve, working on reform of the VA. They can build technology like All for Good, that help people connect. Help build tools that allow us to look into government. I also want to mention Consumer Reports. A: Nerds can help.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 21, 2009
In 2007, the popular Free Rice online game used quiz-style vocabulary building game that rewarded correct answers with ten grains per bowl to feed hungry children. Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Association. Tags: Games. Note from Beth: I've been tracking the games for change space for a few years, although not very deeply.
Have Fun - Do Good
OCTOBER 19, 2010
She is the creator of 30 days of yoga : an online course to establish a regular home practice of yoga and build a kinder relationship with your own body. She is currently writing a memoir about her life as a UN peacekeeper in Afghanistan. Tags: interview havefundogood guest. You can follow her on Twitter at @zenpeacekeeper.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010
How the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America is using the web to bring back together their band of brothers and sisters. Is face-to-face contact the only way to build strong ties? So yes, if you build a campaign to solely rely on weak ties, it seldom leads to great involvement and thus could be construed as disappointing.
Tech Soup
NOVEMBER 18, 2009
Anyone can build one with materials from a hardware store; you can even download the blueprint online for free. Over the past 18 months or so, the antennas have been appearing around Jalalabad , a former Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan. Take, for example, the Taj, the only bar in Eastern Afghanistan (apparently a tiki bar, no less).
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