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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. International Corporate Accountability Roundtable ● icar.ngo. International Society of Street Papers ● insp.ngo. Project 1948 Foundation ● project1948.ngo.

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Hackathons for Good: Techies, Thinkers, and Activists Unite

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A hackathon is an event where programmers, developers, designers, and leaders come together to collaborate on an app, website, or software projects. The hackathon model is ideal for nonprofits and libraries because it brings together motivated volunteers to expedite a project on a limited budget. or Code for Oakland ).

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Nonprofit Technology News for November 2013

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The project is soft launching this month, and going public in March 2014. The project was originally funded by Microsoft for the Transforming Communities of Practice grant. Hackathons are most often fast projects that last one to three days. This project aims to speed up cancer research. TechSoup Technologies for Good.

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

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The phone is a project of Sumit Dagar and the Indian Institute of Technology. The ideas submission process started last week and will be followed by online conversations, online community voting, jury voting, and a hackathons for the best projects in each of the countries. Social Media.

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Interview with Zainab Salbi, Founder of Women for Women International

Have Fun - Do Good

One of the ones I am continuing to support is Women for Women International. I was thrilled when Zainab Salbi, Women for Women International's Founder and CEO, agreed to an interview with me for the Big Vision Podcast. Our conversation began with Zainab describing how Women for Women International serves women survivors of war.

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Nonprofit Technology News for April 2013

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. Social Media.

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Support Women Survivors of War with $27/month

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--Honorata (pictured left) about her experience with Women for Women International. A month ago I listened to Christine Karumba, the Country Director for Women for Women International in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, tell Honorata's story on the Voices on Genocide Prevention podcast. Reunited, she began to rebuild their life."

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