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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). After weeks of communication online, they all decided to create a movement and Dosta! was the pre-election campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2006. (“Enough!” "Why not?"), and Zašto ne?

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12 Early Adopters of the.NGO and.ONG Domains

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Mission: To improve access and quality of education for 4 million children living in underserved communities in India. Mission: To help eradicate extreme poverty through community development projects in urban sanitation, water filtration, health, alternative energy, and economic empowerment. Fundação Roberto Marinho ● frm.ong.

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Fighting for Civic Transparency with Technology in the Western Balkans

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Community Boost_r , an initiative from Fundacja TechSoup. Through technology, data, and resource-sharing, Community Boost_r seeks to empower Balkan citizens to voice their opinions, demand solutions to everyday problems, and stay informed on accountability and transparency issues. How can people fight back? Through technology!

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Hackathons for Good: Techies, Thinkers, and Activists Unite

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One of the projects, GoodGym , is a group fitness app where participants get fit by doing physical tasks that benefit their communities. Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) is a global-wide community of hackers and social leaders with the common goal of building open technology for a better world. meets LinkedIn for students.

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The Future of Fundraising, Part Two

Tech Soup

which means "enough," began online and moved offline to solidify a movement to create a better Bosnia and Herzegovina. Staff from the TechSoup online community and social media team were on hand to record the following presentation by David Boyce, CEO of Fundly. Please visit the site to view this video).

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Nonprofit Technology News for November 2013

Tech Soup

The project was originally funded by Microsoft for the Transforming Communities of Practice grant. The Hacker Helper project is closely aligned with our NetSquared vision of bringing communities together to solve social problems – including nonprofits, beneficiaries, activists, technologists, concerned citizens.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2013: Free WiFi in Forbes Magazine and Braille Phones

Tech Soup

Fundacja TechSoup in Poland, in a close partnership with Dokukino and other local organizations from the Western Balkans, has launched open challenges for the best technology-based social projects that address transparency and accountability issues in the the Bosnia and Hercegovina, Kosovo, and Serbia.

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