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Cameras for Cambodia

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Before I go on about this interesting artist/social activist project, I found it in the blogsphere. I started to find great expat blogs about Cambodia, particularly sweetcucumber and started to follow the links of the comments and found another blog which referenced Elizabeth's project. My own little action learning project.

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Nedspace Co-Working Space in Portland, Oregan will send three Cambodians to college if.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Cambodia brought me my two beautiful children and I felt strongly that we should give back to the country in some way. That's why in 2006 when Leng Sopharath did not have a sponsor for college, I stepped forward. My motivation was a simple act of reciprocity (not what you might read in some of these comments ).

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More Facebook and Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Right before I left for Cambodia, Ranger Rick's profile (the spokesperson for NWF) was deleted from Facebook because it was "fake" and the policy is that only individuals can set up profiles. According to Boyd, nonprofits aren't the only ones being burned by Facebook, some independent artists have been too. I'm catching up.

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Cambodia Bloggers: Five Years Later – Part 2

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This is the second of a three-part post about what I learned about social media, NGOs, and Social Change in Cambodia during my “ homecoming trip.” ” Part 1 was about NGOs in Cambodia , focusing on the work of the Sharing Foundation. This post is about the social media community in Cambodia.

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More on Podcasting Without Electricity. some creative ideas from the Walker

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This is a pilot of a larger concept for the site but there is a sponsored project on the site called Radio mnartists that was a good opportunity for a podcast because it offered regularly updated audio content. Technorati Tags: cambodia , nptech The project page is at: Radio mnartists. Eric: I have a question for you.

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Beijing 2008 Olympics Potential Catalyst for Human Rights

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Lisa of ENOUGH writes in, Tell Companies Sponosoring the Chinese Olympics that Darfur is Not 'Business is Usual' , " we believe that the more voices that are raised, the more hope there is for peace in Darfur.

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Off the Mat, Into the World: An Interview with Seane Corn

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On March 5, 2009 I interviewed yoga teacher and co-Founder of Off the Mat, Into the World, Seane Corn , for the Big Vision Podcast shortly after she returned from a trip to Cambodia with participants from Off the Mat, Into the World's Seva Challenge. This challenge benefited the Cambodian Children's Fund out of Cambodia.