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Benetech Analyzes Key Bangladeshi Human Rights Data

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In my recent blog postings, I documented personal impressions during my recent trip to Bangladesh. Silva's analysis presented in the report, " Judge, Jury, and Death: Torture and Executions by Bangladesh's Elite Security Force." This post takes a look at how Benetech is helping to document human rights abuses in that country.

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Waste Concern

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

With this in mind, I got in touch with Iftekhar Enayetullah and Maqsood Sinha of the social enterprise Waste Concern. Plus, they are expanding into other areas of sustainability work, such as solar powered water pumps in rural Bangladesh. When I travel to new places, I always try to connect with other social entrepreneurs.

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Nine Digital Marketing Lessons Nonprofits Can Learn from charity: water

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

With that in mind, here are nine marketing lessons other nonprofits can take away from charity: water. Keep in mind that not all stories need to be long-form. You should also think about how you can partner with other like-minded organizations and companies––big or small––that can help you reach more people.

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International Organizations and Social Media: News, Engagement, and Social Data for Policy Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

WHO And here’s a picture of a very happy lad, Mithu, in Bangladesh, proud of his improved pit latrine. In addition to surveying people directly and asking them to rank priorities, one can also pay attention to what people say about what’s on their minds right now. Citizen Digital Engagement in Policy Discussions and Action.

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Solutionary Women: Anna Lappé of Grub

Have Fun - Do Good

And so it became really important in my mind for me to think about another project that would actually get me looking at and get me talking about what's happening in this country, with the awareness that what we do here as individuals, as consumers, as citizens, has this global effect. The way U.S.

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Grave Work

Non Profit Quarterly

Myopia undoubtedly affects those at the furthest reaches of other supply chains too – someone stitching garments in Bangladesh for Primark may not know, ultimately, which company their labour serves. It is this miserable arcadia that the supposedly more respectable sections of the Silicon elite have in mind.

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Using Photography to Change the World: An Interview with Paola Gianturco

Have Fun - Do Good

PG: I think that the one that comes to mind first is a wonderful picture of women in Kenya who are growing corn. I heard a wonderful story about a woman from Bangladesh who just scrimped to save a dollar to contribute to them. The women are using those forms that are the most effective in their cultures.