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Kiva in Second Life: Interview With Official SL Volunteers

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Second Life kiva.org volunteer: Julles Boucher Kiva.org , a micro-finance organization, has funded nearly 17,0000 loans to entrepreneurs in developing countries and last week crossed the $11 million rank. I discovered this when I clicked on Skeeboo Tammas's profile while chatting with him in Second Life. His profile said.

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Microsoft OneNote Gives Dyslexic Kids a New Learning Experience

Tech Soup

There are plans to develop the project in Belgium, Canada, and Switzerland. Ordyslexie is not just a electronic school bag or tablet PC, but a socially innovative project that can change the lives of dyslexic children while giving a second life to tablet PCs.