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Upwardly Global: Bridging the Opportunity Gap for Skilled Immigrants

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with training, support, and exposure to companies looking to hire internationally trained talent. Although that plant was considered a model employer for refugees at the time, Jane met employees who included a former engineer from Iraq and a surgeon from Bosnia. All images used with permission of Upwardly Global © 2017.

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Hackathons for Good: Techies, Thinkers, and Activists Unite

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There are many different types of hackathons: from company hackathons (such as Facebook's All-Night Hackathon ) to government improvement hackathons (like #HackWeTrust. The events bring together young adults with disabilities and companies that develop accessibility solutions. Image credit: Hackathon, hackNY.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2014

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Our TechSoup Global partners there are also working hard on disaster relief in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia through the Community Boost r program and also a project called Mapa Poplava. The broadband companies will be able to charge companies, such as Netflix or Hulu, more money for fast connections needed to deliver their services.

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Nonprofit Technology News for November 2013

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We are testing it out at hackathons this month in San Francisco and also in Sarajevo in Bosnia. The service is by the credit card reader company, Square. If fraud is suspected, the company will reverse the fund transfer. Images: TechSoup Global and Nominet Trust. Hacker Helper is currently in beta.

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