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5 Ways To Expand Financial Inclusion For The World’s Poor

Global Giving

In celebration of the occasion of getting to meet this huge hero of mine, I’ve outlined five ways that companies, institutions, and nonprofits can harness technological innovations to advance financial inclusion and empower the world’s most vulnerable people: 1. Biometric data to enable government benefit transfers.

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Youth Programs Benefit from Microsoft Donations

Tech Soup

It helps endangered Asian children get off the streets in Cambodia, Philippines, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, East Timor, Jordan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. It offers classes in art, tailoring, mechanics, carpentry, masonry, technology, dentistry, nursing, electrical, and music, among other subjects.

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Stick To Our Knitting? What Is TechSoup?

Tech Soup

This is what I wrote: "The specific and primary purpose of the corporation is to engage in educational and charitable activities which educate the public regarding the appropriate use of computer technology." Our network partner in Indonesia runs Kitabisa.com ("We can"), a Kickstarter-like crowdfunding platform.

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Mobile-First Still Matters

Forum One

Likely, most of this growth will come from China, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Pakistan. The benefits of a mobile-first approach include: Increasing your reach: As the market will only continue to grow, you have the opportunity to grow along with it through engaging mobile experiences. billion people across the globe.

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Conservation Planners Use Benetech's Miradi Software to Help Save Reefs in Guam

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Rare, which is based in Arlington, Virginia, uses Miradi in all its worldwide campaigns to promote biodiversity and has translated the Miradi software into Bahasa Indonesia, Mandarin and Spanish. She says that one of the most important benefits of Miradi is that it allows environmental planners to make the best use of limited resources.

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Improve Your Fundraising Approach and Skills at NetSquared Meetups

Tech Soup

Seattle, Washington: Fall Nonprofit Technology Speed Geek. Vancouver, British Columbia: How Delivering Webinars Can Benefit Your Mission. Matloding, South Africa: Technology for Rural Development. Morogoro, Tanzania: Technology for Livelihood Improvement. Jakarta, Indonesia: Web Hosting. Tuesday, October 17, 2017.

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Get Help in Telling the Story of Your Nonprofit's Impact

Tech Soup

Vancouver, British Columbia: How Delivering Webinars Can Benefit Your Mission. Jakarta, Indonesia: Youtube for Nonprofits. Mahikeng, South Africa: Technology for Rural Development. Ilorin, Nigeria: Recession: Reviving the Nation's Economy Through Technology. Morogoro, Tanzania: Technology for Livelihood Improvement.