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Using Technology to Build a More Accountable Bosnia and Herzegovina

Tech Soup

"), have risen as leaders in grassroots organizing and civic activism in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). " It was this feeling of disempowerment that brought together several concerned citizens, including Darko, to voice their disapproval in a local online forum. was the pre-election campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2006.

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Fighting for Civic Transparency with Technology in the Western Balkans

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This past spring, FTS was on the ground in the Western Balkans, helping organize the Community Boost_r Challenge. The goal was to find the best web or mobile ideas for social projects in Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia. The site will then publish responses from local officials and encourage further transparency.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2014

Tech Soup

The Team Omni-Hearing Solution from Taiwan developed a combination solution consisting of: a smartphone app to replace a traditional hearing aid; a cloud service to identify the nature of hearing problems; and a sound processing technology to enhance the quality of all forms of vocal communication. Very sophisticated for a student team.

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Interview with Zainab Salbi, Founder of Women for Women International

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The way we do that is by asking every single woman around the world to sponsor one woman at a time by sending her $27 a month, along with a letter to start a communication link between the two women. We work in countries like Congo, Rwanda, Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, among others. You get her picture. Every single one.

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Solutionary Women: Heddy Nam

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Later, they learned that it happened again and again – in the cases of Cambodia, Bosnia and Rwanda - and it was still happening but nobody was doing anything about it. They remembered learning in school about the Holocaust in World War II and the international commitment that genocide would never happen again.

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