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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). "Add to that the fact that we are frequently brought to the brink of war by ongoing ethnic tensions, and you’ll understand why most people here feel a mixture of apathy and disempowerment." (“Enough!”

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Fighting for Civic Transparency with Technology in the Western Balkans

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When there's no transparency and accountability in government, citizens feel powerless and deceived by the politicians that represent them. How can people fight back? The goal was to find the best web or mobile ideas for social projects in Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia. Through technology! From Serbia.

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Generation Rwanda: Two Stories

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The site was established in 2004 on the 10th Anniversary of the genocide in partnership with the Rwanda Government, Kigali City Council, and Aegis Trust, a charity in the UK dedicated to the prediction, prevention, and ultimately elimination of genocide. Her vision for the future of her country is young people.

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Beijing 2008 Olympics Potential Catalyst for Human Rights

Have Fun - Do Good

For fifteen years China has refused to press its closest ally to allow its people human rights, and used its veto power to block the UN Security Council from acting. We are calling on people of conscience throughout the world to boycott the 2008 Chinese Olympics." Claire of Free Aung San Suu Kyi!

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Support Women Survivors of War with $27/month

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Through the blistering heat and through rain storms, she walked over 150 miles to Bukavu, a village that had become a haven for people fleeing the war. T he program works in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria, Rwanda and Sudan. And walked. And walked.

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