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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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12 Early Adopters of the.NGO and.ONG Domains

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Mission: To foster peace among young adults through the arts in post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina. billion people worldwide who do not have clean drinking water. Mission: To provide sustainable transformation in the lives of poor children and provide emergency relief that assists people afflicted by conflict or disaster.

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Fighting for Civic Transparency with Technology in the Western Balkans

Tech Soup

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. Three project winners were chosen from each country: From Bosnia and Herzegovina: Centar 72 aims to solve community problems within 72 hours. Through technology!

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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. Her vision for the future of her country is young people.

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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). Who maintains your social media campaigns? Are they paid, full-time, part-time? That would be me!

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The Future of Fundraising, Part Two

Tech Soup

Globally, 34 percent of people report owning smartphones. which means "enough," began online and moved offline to solidify a movement to create a better Bosnia and Herzegovina. Text-to-Give Tweet Chat Recap : Did you know more people worldwide have regular access to mobile devices than computers ?

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Nonprofit Technology News for November 2013

Tech Soup

The tool will allow hackers and coders to get up to speed before the hackathon by reading problem statements written from the perspective of the people who are working to solve social problems on the ground: NGOs and activists. We are testing it out at hackathons this month in San Francisco and also in Sarajevo in Bosnia.

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