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Nata Village Blog

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The blog documents not only the lives of the people in Nata, but is a tool to raise funds for a support group for residents living with AIDS, an AIDS prevention program where youth use the arts to educate others about AIDS, and the Nata clinic. Nata is a village of 5,000 people in Botswana.

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Conquering a Cruel Continent for a Cause

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David Barnard has completed six of these grueling races: The Kalahari Desert in Botswana and South Africa (its name is derived from a Tswana word meaning "the great thirst"). SANGONeT supports the effective use of information and communications technology in civil-society organizations in South Africa.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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What we do is essentially support social entrepreneurship within refugee communities. We have told him that unfortunately we don't have the funds to support such a walk, but he is so committed to it that he is already doing his fundraising and trying to find radio stations that will follow him. Completely random. Is that how it works?

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

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We are also in discussions in Peru, in Burkina Faso, and in Botswana as well. How can they get involved if they are interested in your work and in supporting you? It is different in every place and oftentimes very laborious, but we are working on a potential program with The Open Society Institute in Myanmar.