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12 Early Adopters of the.NGO and.ONG Domains

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Mission: To help eradicate extreme poverty through community development projects in urban sanitation, water filtration, health, alternative energy, and economic empowerment. Mission: To foster peace among young adults through the arts in post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina. Grassroots Pakistan ● grassrootspakistan.ngo. United States.

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Hurricane Sandy Art Relief: An Interview with Elana Haviv

Have Fun - Do Good

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

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Women for Women International

Nonprofit Tech for Good

We currently have nearly 50,000 Facebook fans and posting there helps us reach the most people, though the focus of how we’re using Facebook is changing (more on that below). Which tool has been surprisingly useful in getting out the word about your organization and its programs? Who maintains your social media campaigns?

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Fighting for Civic Transparency with Technology in the Western Balkans

Tech Soup

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.

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Upwardly Global: Bridging the Opportunity Gap for Skilled Immigrants

Tech Soup

This work is part of its mission to close the opportunity gap and help skilled immigrants reach their full economic potential in the U.S. 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. at their full potential.

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Generation Rwanda: Two Stories

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It includes personal testimonies, photographs, and artifacts. Another exhibit looks at past massacres in Armenia, Bosnia, Cambodia, The Holocaust, and other places of the world where genocide has taken place. The profits from the business help both Germaine and these other families.Germaine uses her Windows Phone as her virtual store.

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Hackathons for Good: Techies, Thinkers, and Activists Unite

Tech Soup

NetSquared can help! Serbia) in partnership with TechSoup Global and Zasto ne (Bosnia and Herzegovina). This article from Edelman's Good Purpose blog provides more guidance on throwing your own nonprofit hackathon. Got an idea for an app or software solution, but don't know where to start? The ReStart Challenges.