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Update: Philanthropy’s response to Ukraine crisis

Candid

Where an area served is specified, Ukraine accounts for 90% of grants awarded and 93% of dollar value. These countries are, in the main, ones that share a border with Ukraine: Poland, Romania, Hungary, Moldova, and Slovakia. This can be, and often is, different from the location of the recipient that received the grants (see below).

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The Power of Sport in Changing the World

Saleforce Nonprofit

In 2000, our founding patron Nelson Mandela stood on stage at the inaugural Laureus World Sports Awards and declared: “Sport has the power to change the world.” Through Laureus’ Sport for Peace and Humanitarian Action Fund, we’ve partnered with organizations supporting young Ukrainian refugees in Poland, Romania, and elsewhere in Europe.

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Turning City Data into Apps with Apps4Warsaw

Tech Soup

Because of TechSoup Europe's involvement in other app challenges, such as Restart Romania and Community Boost_r , the organization has experience in this work. At a hackathon event, developers worked to further refine the apps, with four projects emerging as winners. "We knew how to crowdsource and incubate applications."

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

Tech Soup

Mashable reports that the world's first mobile phone specifically designed for sight-impaired people is under development. The project invited developers to create apps for social good in several categories including nutrition, health care, emergency response, and more. Accessibility. This is technology for good news from India.

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Bridging the Digital Divide? Tell Us About It!

Tech Soup

Whether you are teaching a community about sustainable agriculture in Colorado or organizing a hack-a-thon in Romania, we want to help you tell your story. The winner will be awarded a refurbished tablet supplied by a donor. We at TechSoup are proud to support the important work of nonprofits around the world. What’s next?

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Bridging the Digital Divide? Tell Us About It!

Tech Soup

Whether you are teaching a community about sustainable agriculture in Colorado or organizing a hack-a-thon in Romania, we want to help you tell your story. The winner will be awarded a refurbished tablet supplied by a donor. We at TechSoup are proud to support the important work of nonprofits around the world. That sounds great.

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Nonprofit Technology News for April 2013

Tech Soup

This is similar to the success of projects like Restart Romania in which social activists got help to develop online tools to address corruption in high places, and also a national website for tracking medication shortages in Romania. The IT press has been covering lots new developments lately in paying by mobile phone.

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