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UniversalGiving: Impact, with a little help from friends (SocialActions)

Amy Sample Ward

“ UniversalGiving ™ is an award-winning marketplace which allows people to volunteer and donate to top performing projects in more than 70 countries around the world.&#. Social Actions is “an open source database of actions people can take on any issue. What is UniversalGiving?

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International Human Rights Day 2011

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Here’s a sample of our accomplishments: Martus , our secure, open-source information management software for human rights defenders continued to empower many human rights groups worldwide to secure thousands of stories of human rights violations and to use this information strategically to advance their causes.

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Nonprofit Technology News for March 2014

Tech Soup

NPTech Contests and Awards. Charity Digital News in the UK just announced that the Digital Leaders 100 competition in the UK is now open to nominations. My current favorite digital inclusion NGO is our newest TechSoup Global partner, Computers For Schools Kenya. DoGooder Video Award Winners.

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Nonprofit Technology News: The Demise of Facebook Causes and Cloud Storage for Charities

Tech Soup

The Mifos X Platform is free open source cloud software for running a microfinance organization that provides small loans, savings accounts, and micro insurance to very poor people. The name is an acronym of "micro finance open source." The First Universal Software Platform for Financial Inclusion Launches.

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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Department of Education gave us a major award on September 28, 2007. It is open source software, but we're experimenting with a revenue model to sustain the project over the long term. This event was very exciting, as we have never previously received federal funding for Bookshare.org. We've just launched Miradi.

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