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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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Hurricane Sandy Art Relief: An Interview with Elana Haviv

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CMCE creates academic and artistic programs to help children and youth understand and overcome violent world events. Elana designed The Telling History Project: Understanding the Past to Create the Future , a curriculum to teach students about human rights. She also pioneered art-based healing programs in post-war Bosnia.

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The Future of Fundraising, Part Two

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Harnessing Technology to Create Good. The power of technology and social media to create change is real as evidenced by movements like the Arab Spring. which means "enough," began online and moved offline to solidify a movement to create a better Bosnia and Herzegovina. according to the Pew Research Center.

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Hackathons for Good: Techies, Thinkers, and Activists Unite

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Last year, TechSoup held a Saturday Hackathon 4 Good where nonprofits and techies could join forces to create solutions for social good. Serbia) in partnership with TechSoup Global and Zasto ne (Bosnia and Herzegovina). The challenges invite social activists and techies to create web-based tools to tackle local issues.

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

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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. Health Center. Social Media.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2014

Tech Soup

The Microsoft Imagine Cup is a student competition to create innovative IT projects and ultimately bring those ideas to market. 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.

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Nonprofit Technology News for November 2013

Tech Soup

They can go straight to work to create useful apps and other tools for solving social problems. We are testing it out at hackathons this month in San Francisco and also in Sarajevo in Bosnia. It also lists and maps hackathons worldwide. The project was originally funded by Microsoft for the Transforming Communities of Practice grant.

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